2 invitations. Invitation CARD to the final concert of the REVIEW OF rural AMATEUR performances of the RSFSR ...

2 invitations. Invitation CARD to the final concert of the REVIEW OF rural AMATEUR performances of the RSFSR, February 28, 1948, in GABT. The name: Poskrebyshev, Aleksandr Nikolaevich. Invitation CARD to the final concert of the REVIEW OF rural AMATEUR performances of the RSFSR, February 28, 1948, in GABT. On name of: Poskrebysheva Ekaterina Grigoryevna.
Moscow. 77mm X 261mm (unfolded), excellent condition.

Provenance: from the heirs of the owner of the document, from the apartment in the "house on the waterfront" \St. Serafimovich, 2, under. 17\.

Very beautiful, collectible item. It belonged to a historical person, personal assistant of Joseph Stalin: A. N. Poskrebyshev (1891-1965). - The head of the special sector of the Central Committee (Stalin's Secretariat), and the head of the Secret Department of the Central Committee of the CPSU (b) and his 3rd wife.

Alexander Poskrebyshev was born in the village of Uspenskoye, Sloboda County, Vyatka province. Mother-Nadezhda Efimovna. Father-Nikolai Vasilyevich Poskrebyshev. Brother-Soviet pilot Ivan Poskrebyshev, sisters-Olga and Alexandra. By origin Russian, great-great-grandmother of the Tatars-Kryashen.

After graduating from the medical school he was sent to work in Baranchu (Ural), where he was elected Secretary of the party organization (RSDLP (b), 1917-1918). Subsequently, he worked in the political Department of the Special Turkestan army (1918-1919). In 1919-1921 - in Zlatoust: Chairman of the County Military Revolutionary Committee, then-Chairman of the Executive Committee of the County Council of workers 'and peasants' deputies. In 1921-1922 on party and Soviet work in Ufa. 

In 1922 he was sent to Moscow to work in the apparatus of the Central Committee of the RCP (b), the CPSU (b), the CPSU: instructor, Deputy Manager, assistant Secretary of the Central Committee Joseph Stalin[5]:

1923-1924 - head of the Department of Affairs of the Central Committee of the RCP (b) 

1924-1929-assistant Secretary General of the Central Committee of the RCP — b) - CPSU (b) 

In 1927 he graduated from the economic and legal faculty of the Moscow state University . 

From may 1929-Deputy head of the Secret Department of the Central Committee of the CPSU (b) . 

July 22, 1930-head of the Secret Department of the Central Committee of the CPSU (b). 

From March 10, 1934-head of the Special sector of the Central Committee of the CPSU (b) . 

From August 1935 - head of the office of the General Secretary of the CPSU(b) Joseph Stalin . 

In 1934 he was a candidate for the Central Committee of the CPSU (b) (XVII Congress). Based on the theses formulated by Stalin, he writes the texts of the Constitution of the USSR (1936) and a Short course in the history of the CPSU(b) (1938) [source not specified 1836 days]. In 1939, at the XVIII (and subsequently at the XIX) Congress, he was elected a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU (b) (later — the CPSU). Deputy of the Supreme Soviets of the RSFSR and the USSR (first, second and third convocation)[1][2][6]. Deputy of the Supreme Council of the BASSR of 1-3 convocations. During the war of 1941-1945 he worked in the apparatus of Stalin in Moscow. He participated in the development of military operations and preparation of materials for the Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam conferences. He took a direct part in the Yalta and Potsdam conferences. At the same time, Alexander Poskrebyshev was awarded the rank of major General. According to his daughter Natalia Poskrebysheva: 

"He worked almost a day-hours at 5 in the morning he came from work, and at 10-11 in the morning he left for work. He talked about he's a walking encyclopedia. He answered every question that was asked of him."

He had a phenomenal memory. He remembered all the phones by heart and never wrote them down. In 1947 he participated in the Presidium of the January philosophical debate. 

Since October 18, 1952-member of the Standing Committee on foreign Affairs at the Presidium of the CPSU Central Committee . 

From December 1952-Secretary of the Presidium and Bureau of the Presidium of the CPSU Central Committee

Until 1953, he continued to work with Stalin. For 25 years, he reported and filtered almost all the information intended for transmission to Stalin, and the most important information he reported immediately at a meeting of the Politburo (Presidium) of the CPSU(B) (Central Committee of the CPSU). 

In 1953, he was accused of losing important government documents and suspended. Subsequently, it was reported that the incident was inspired and fabricated by Laurentius Beria, and documents were found.

By nature, A. N. Poskrebyshev was purposeful, determined and very kind person. He was strict at work. At home-a nice and kind person. It is often said: "you Have to be good, not pious".

"Vlasik and Poskrebyshev were like two props for the colossal activity, not yet fully appreciated, which was led by Stalin, and they remained in the shadows. And Poskrebyshev was treated badly, even worse with Vlasik. " -

Artem Sergeev. "Conversations about Stalin."

Stalin's attitude to his associates, according to Erich Fromm, was frankly sadistic. Alexander Poskrebyshev was one of Stalin's favorite victims. One day, on New year's eve, Stalin decided to have fun in this way: sitting at the table, he began to roll papers into small tubes and put them on Poskrebyshev's fingers. Then he lit these tubes instead of Christmas candles. Poskrebyshev writhed and writhed in pain, but did not dare to throw off these caps. 

According to the statement of Stalin's daughter, Svetlana, Poskrebyshev himself was forced to submit a warrant for the arrest of his wife for Stalin's signature. He tried to defend her. "Since the NKVD authorities consider it necessary to arrest Your wife, " Stalin said, "so it should be." And he signed the warrant. Seeing the expression on Poskrebyshev's face, Stalin laughed: "what's the matter? You need a woman? We'll find you." And, indeed, soon in apartment Poskrebysheva emerged the young woman, which told, that it prescribed to wage his agriculture. ( This is EKATERINA GRIGORYEVNA, Poskrebyshev's 3rd wife !!!)

From 1919 to 1929 he was married to Polish revolutionary Jadwiga Ippolitovna Stankiewicz and after a long illness (tuberculosis) died in 1937 (buried in Novodevichy cemetery). Some time after his divorce from his first wife, he married Bronislava Metallikova, who had the misfortune to be the sister of Trotsky's son's wife. In this marriage there are two daughters — Galina (b. 29 March 1932 from marriage Metallikova with lawyer I. Itskov, apparently girl was adopted Poskrebyshevym) and Natalia (7 January 1938).

In March 1939 Bronislava Poskrebysheva was repressed on charges of links with Trotsky and counter-revolutionary activities. There is an assumption that the main reason for the arrest was Beria's desire to compromise Poskrebyshev and replace him with a person of his environment. The arrest in 1952 of Nikolai Vlasik, the head of Stalin's personal security, and the "knocking out" of him incriminating testimony against Poskrebyshev were made by order of the Minister of state security S. D. Ignatiev. Despite Poskrebyshev's attempt to secure the release and rehabilitation of his wife, Bronislava was shot as the German army approached Moscow (13 October 1941). In 1957, she was rehabilitated (reburied at Novodevichy cemetery). 

In 1941, Poskrebyshev married for the third time to Ekaterina Grigoryevna (1916-2013, maiden name-Zimina). From this marriage he had a third daughter, Elena, in 1942.