VChK-OGPU-NKVD are the three acronyms for the unhappily known Soviet punitive organ. This forth volume publication contains documents from the archives of this organization, mostly reports to upper levels of government and party officials on the state and mood of the population, and political events in the country and towns. For the first time information about peasant rebellions, famine, and economic chaos have become available to scholars and other readers. (1.476 kg)