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Aug 30, 2026
Mark SchaussHOST
His tenure in the NKVD would begin in 1939 after the peak persecutions of the Great Purge.
Mark SchaussHOST
The following year, he would be promoted to a high-ranking position of NKVD Commissar of the Ukrainian SSR.
Mark SchaussHOST
One of the main reasons for this rapid promotion was the fact that many of those sitting in high positions were either executed or were sitting in a gulag far away.
Mark SchaussHOST
Stalin needed new blood that would be loyal to him and to Beria.
Scott WoodwardHOST
Um, here, here's their list.
Scott WoodwardHOST
Number one, Ladiginsky was born in Soviet Ukraine.
Scott WoodwardHOST
Number two, he had briefly worked as an English-Russian translator for a Soviet trading corporation back in 1930.
Scott WoodwardHOST
Number three, he had visited his sisters in Ukraine in 1939, and having living relatives in the Soviet Union supposedly made him vulnerable to blackmail.
J. Otto PohlGUEST
They were 1.8% of the total population, about 5.5% of the Communist Party.
J. Otto PohlGUEST
But, uh, under Yagoda and Yezhov, uh, the NKVD, they were between, uh, almost 40%, I think it was 38.5%, and 20% up until the purge by Beria of them in November '38, of the top, uh, 100 or so NKVD officers, including, as I said, uh, Yagoda himself, number one man, uh, Laplavsky, number one man for the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Boris Berman, number one man for Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, uh, Genrikh Yagoda, the Far Eastern, uh, Krai, uh, the, uh, head of the Gulag, uh, from 1930 to, uh, 19, uh, '38, the three men, Kogan, uh, Matvei Berman, who was the brother of Boris Berman.
J. Otto PohlGUEST
Uh, he was in power as head of the Gulag from '32 to '37, and then Israel Pliner.
J. Otto PohlGUEST
So you really have, during the 1930s, when you have dekulakization, the Holodomor, uh, and of course the Great Terror in '37 and '38, complete with national operations against diaspora groups, but not Jews, uh, because they didn't have, uh, a independent homeland at that time, uh, about 250,000, and the largest group being the Poles, and second German, and then coming up, uh, Latvians.
J. Otto PohlGUEST
They were 1.8% of the total population, about... 5.5% of the Communist Party.
J. Otto PohlGUEST
But under Yagoda and Yezhov, the NKVD, they were between almost 40%, I think it was 38.5%, and 20% up until the purged by Beria of them in November 38 of the top 100 or so NKVD officers, including, as I said, Yagoda himself, number one man, Leplevsky, number one man for the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Boris Berman, number one man for the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Genrikh Lyushkov, the Far Eastern cry, head of the Gulag from 1930 to 1938, the three men, Kogan, Matvei Berman, who was the brother of Boris Berman, he was in power as head of the Gulag from 1932 to 1937, and then Israel Plinner.
J. Otto PohlGUEST
So you really have, during the 1930s, when you have de-Gulagization, the Holodomor, And of course, the Great Terror in 37 and 38, complete with national operations against diaspora groups, but not Jews, because they didn't have an independent homeland at that time.
J. Otto PohlGUEST
About 250,000, the largest group being the Poles and second, German, and then coming up, Latvians.
Riley QuinnHOST
But so,
November KellyHOST
anyway, into this beautiful Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic is born Vladimir Saldo in 1956.
November KellyHOST
This man is a Soviet boomer, and he goes to University for Civil Engineering.
November KellyHOST
In 1978, he gets a job at the Kherson-Promstroy Construction Company, which he keeps for his entire career, because much like De Vrij, the Soviets are serious about success.
Scott WoodwardHOST
Um, here, here's their list.
Scott WoodwardHOST
Number one, Ladejinski was born in Soviet Ukraine.
Scott WoodwardHOST
Number two, he had briefly worked as an English-Russian translator for a Soviet trading corporation back in 1930.
Scott WoodwardHOST
Number three, he had visited his sisters in Ukraine in 1939, and having living relatives in the Soviet Union supposedly made him vulnerable to blackmail.
speaker_2GUEST
So we strengthen our understanding of our faith.
speaker_2GUEST
And then lastly, Bishop Artur grew up in Soviet Ukraine, where the church was being persecuted and was kind of underground.
speaker_2GUEST
He was baptized and chrismated, even though his parents weren't practicing.
speaker_2GUEST
And it was his grandparents and godparents that kind of led him to the faith with devout prayer.