Plan
Introduction
1 Early years
2 Soviet Republic of Sailors and Builders
3 "Party Week"
4 Kronstadt uprising
4.1 Secret agent of the Cheka
5 Emigrant
6 Agent
7 The End
8 Memoirs
Bibliography
Petrichenko, Stepan Maksimovich
Introduction
Stepan Maksimovich Petrichenko (1892, Nikitenka village, Zhizdrinsky district, Kaluga province - June 2, 1947), senior clerk of the battleship Petropavlovsk, head of the Military Revolutionary Committee of the Kronstadt Uprising. During the Revolution in Russia, he leaned towards anarcho-communism, like other sailors of the Baltic Fleet (see also Dybenko, Pavel Efimovich).
1. Early years
Born into a family of a land-poor peasant. Two years after his birth, the family moved to Aleksandrovsk (now Zaporozhye), where Stepan graduated from a two-year city school and went to work at a local metallurgical plant as a metal worker. In 1913, Petrichenko was called up for military service on the battleship Petropavlovsk, which was part of the Baltic Fleet.
2. Soviet Republic of Sailors and Builders
During the February Revolution in Russia, he was with the fleet on the Estonian island of Nargen (now Naissaar). In December 1917, the “Soviet Republic of Sailors and Builders” was proclaimed here.
Eighty military sailors and about two hundred indigenous islanders organized local self-government, which lasted until the capture of Tallinn by the troops of the Kaiser's Germany on February 26, 1918.
The red and black flag of the “anarcho-communists” was lowered, and her “government” boarded the ships of the Baltic Fleet, heading for Helsinki, and from there to Kronstadt. Three years later, the red and black banner hoisted over Kronstadt - the former leader of the Nargen “republic” Stepan Maksimovich Petrichenko led the Kronstadt uprising.
3. "Party week"
During the “party week” of 1919, he joined the RCP (b), but left the party during the “re-registration” (veiled purge). In the summer of 1920 he visited his homeland, and upon his return he spoke approvingly of Father Makhno’s movement, but did not become an anarchist by conviction.
4. Kronstadt uprising
In March 1921, with the outbreak of unrest in Kronstadt, he headed the body leading the uprising - the Provisional Revolutionary Committee, but did not show any political talents. The Kronstadters demanded the liquidation of the “autocracy of the communists.”
After the suppression of the rebellion with thousands of its participants, he left for Finland. He worked in sawmills and became a carpenter.
4.1. Secret agent of the Cheka
In the publication of the magazine "Vlast", No. 5 dated 02/07/2011, it is reported that "Petrichenko is a secret agent of the Extraordinary Commission of the Petrograd Province"
5. Emigrant
In exile, Petrichenko's authority among former participants in the uprising was high. He blocked the intention of the white emigration in Helsinki to send the Kronstadt “volunteers” to Soviet Karelia to organize an uprising. He called not to obey the order of General Wrangel to include a detachment of former Kronstadters in the army located in Turkey. When at the beginning of 1922, by decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, an amnesty was announced to ordinary participants in the uprising, he did not create obstacles for those wishing to return to their homeland and he himself decided to ask for permission to return, about which he held a consultation with other former members of the Revolutionary Committee. Soon, the chief of police of Vyborg received a denunciation about Petrichenko’s “vile plan,” as a result of which he was arrested on May 21, 1922 and spent several months in prison.
In 1922, Petrichenko went to Riga and visited the RSFSR embassy. There he was recruited as an agent of the GPU and he became an agent of the Red Army Intelligence Service in Finland.
In August 1927, Petrichenko again came to Riga and at the Soviet embassy submitted an application addressed to Kalinin with a request to return Soviet citizenship and permission to travel to the USSR. In 1927, Petrichenko traveled through Latvia to the USSR. Returning to Finland, he got a job at a pulp mill in Ken (Kemi?), where he worked until 1931. He was fired from the factory due to staff reduction and moved to live in Helsinki. In 1937, he announced his refusal to cooperate with Soviet intelligence, but then again agreed to continue working. With the outbreak of World War II, Petrichenko's activities were reoriented to covering the military preparations of Germany and its allies. Several important messages were received from Petrichenko about Germany’s preparations for war against the USSR.
In 1941, Petrichenko was arrested by Finnish authorities.
On September 25, 1944, on the basis of an armistice agreement between the USSR, Great Britain and Finland, Petrichenko was released, and on April 21, 1945, he was again arrested and transferred to the counterintelligence agencies of the Red Army. The investigation into the Petrichenko case was led by the senior SMERSH counterintelligence investigator, Captain Novoselov. At the direction of the chief military prosecutor Lozinsky, the case was transferred to the Special Meeting of the NKVD of the USSR, where it was considered without the presence of the prosecution and defense. The verdict, handed down on November 17, 1945, read:
Petrichenko Stepan Maksimovich for participation in a counter-revolutionary terrorist organization and belonging to Finnish intelligence was imprisoned in a forced labor camp for a period of 10 years, starting from April 24, 1945.
Stepan Petrichenko died on June 2, 1947, during his transfer from the Solikamsk camp to the Vladimir prison.
8. Memoirs
· Stepan Petrichenko
The truth about the Kronstadt events. - Prague: 1921.
Bibliography:
1. Prokhorov, Dmitry
The tragedy of the Kronstadt "rebel".
2. S. N. Semanov, Kronstadt mutiny
, M., 2003 ISBN 5-699-02084-5
3. Stepan Maksimovich Petrichenko
4. Naissaar. Republic of Soviets
5. Semanov S. N. Black days of Kronstadt
6. events in Kronstadt
7. Kommersant-Vlast - “The Cheka received an order to organize the Kronstadt rebellion”
8. M. Khosta, O. Lapchinsky, S. Kosher DEATH OF A SPY
9. Document material in Finnish was used. Early 1940
Plan
Introduction
1 Early years
2 Soviet Republic of Sailors and Builders
3 "Party Week"
4 Kronstadt uprising
4.1 Secret agent of the Cheka
5 Emigrant
6 Agent
7 The End
8 Memoirs
Bibliography
Petrichenko, Stepan Maksimovich
Introduction
Stepan Maksimovich Petrichenko (1892, Nikitenka village, Zhizdrinsky district, Kaluga province - June 2, 1947), senior clerk of the battleship Petropavlovsk, head of the Military Revolutionary Committee of the Kronstadt Uprising. During the Revolution in Russia, he leaned towards anarcho-communism, like other sailors of the Baltic Fleet (see also Dybenko, Pavel Efimovich).
1. Early years
Born into a family of a land-poor peasant. Two years after his birth, the family moved to Aleksandrovsk (now Zaporozhye), where Stepan graduated from a two-year city school and went to work at a local metallurgical plant as a metal worker. In 1913, Petrichenko was called up for military service on the battleship Petropavlovsk, which was part of the Baltic Fleet.
2. Soviet Republic of Sailors and Builders
During the February Revolution in Russia, he was with the fleet on the Estonian island of Nargen (now Naissaar). In December 1917, the “Soviet Republic of Sailors and Builders” was proclaimed here.
Eighty military sailors and about two hundred indigenous islanders organized local self-government, which lasted until the capture of Tallinn by the troops of the Kaiser's Germany on February 26, 1918.
The red and black flag of the “anarcho-communists” was lowered, and her “government” boarded the ships of the Baltic Fleet, heading for Helsinki, and from there to Kronstadt. Three years later, the red and black banner hoisted over Kronstadt - the former leader of the Nargen “republic” Stepan Maksimovich Petrichenko led the Kronstadt uprising.
3. "Party week"
During the “party week” of 1919, he joined the RCP (b), but left the party during the “re-registration” (veiled purge). In the summer of 1920 he visited his homeland, and upon his return he spoke approvingly of Father Makhno’s movement, but did not become an anarchist by conviction.
4. Kronstadt uprising
In March 1921, with the outbreak of unrest in Kronstadt, he headed the body leading the uprising - the Provisional Revolutionary Committee, but did not show any political talents. The Kronstadters demanded the liquidation of the “autocracy of the communists.”
After the suppression of the rebellion with thousands of its participants, he left for Finland. He worked in sawmills and became a carpenter.
4.1. Secret agent of the Cheka
In the publication of the magazine "Vlast", No. 5 dated 02/07/2011, it is reported that "Petrichenko is a secret agent of the Extraordinary Commission of the Petrograd Province"
5. Emigrant
In exile, Petrichenko's authority among former participants in the uprising was high. He blocked the intention of the white emigration in Helsinki to send the Kronstadt “volunteers” to Soviet Karelia to organize an uprising. He called not to obey the order of General Wrangel to include a detachment of former Kronstadters in the army located in Turkey. When at the beginning of 1922, by decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, an amnesty was announced to ordinary participants in the uprising, he did not create obstacles for those wishing to return to their homeland and he himself decided to ask for permission to return, about which he held a consultation with other former members of the Revolutionary Committee. Soon, the chief of police of Vyborg received a denunciation about Petrichenko’s “vile plan,” as a result of which he was arrested on May 21, 1922 and spent several months in prison.
In 1922, Petrichenko went to Riga and visited the RSFSR embassy. There he was recruited as an agent of the GPU and he became an agent of the Red Army Intelligence Service in Finland.
In August 1927, Petrichenko again came to Riga and at the Soviet embassy submitted an application addressed to Kalinin with a request to return Soviet citizenship and permission to travel to the USSR. In 1927, Petrichenko traveled through Latvia to the USSR. Returning to Finland, he got a job at a pulp mill in Ken (Kemi?), where he worked until 1931. He was fired from the factory due to staff reduction and moved to live in Helsinki. In 1937, he announced his refusal to cooperate with Soviet intelligence, but then again agreed to continue working. With the outbreak of World War II, Petrichenko's activities were reoriented to covering the military preparations of Germany and its allies. Several important messages were received from Petrichenko about Germany’s preparations for war against the USSR.
In 1941, Petrichenko was arrested by Finnish authorities.
On September 25, 1944, on the basis of an armistice agreement between the USSR, Great Britain and Finland, Petrichenko was released, and on April 21, 1945, he was again arrested and transferred to the counterintelligence agencies of the Red Army. The investigation into the Petrichenko case was led by the senior SMERSH counterintelligence investigator, Captain Novoselov. At the direction of the chief military prosecutor Lozinsky, the case was transferred to the Special Meeting of the NKVD of the USSR, where it was considered without the presence of the prosecution and defense. The verdict, handed down on November 17, 1945, read:
Petrichenko Stepan Maksimovich for participation in a counter-revolutionary terrorist organization and belonging to Finnish intelligence was imprisoned in a forced labor camp for a period of 10 years, starting from April 24, 1945.
Stepan Petrichenko died on June 2, 1947, during his transfer from the Solikamsk camp to the Vladimir prison.
8. Memoirs
· Stepan Petrichenko The truth about the Kronstadt events. - Prague: 1921.
Bibliography:
1. Prokhorov, Dmitry The tragedy of the Kronstadt "rebel".
2. S. N. Semanov, Kronstadt mutiny, M., 2003 ISBN 5-699-02084-5
3. Stepan Maksimovich Petrichenko
4. Naissaar. Republic of Soviets
5. Semanov S. N. Black days of Kronstadt
6. events in Kronstadt
7. Kommersant-Vlast - “The Cheka received an order to organize the Kronstadt rebellion”
8. M. Khosta, O. Lapchinsky, S. Kosher DEATH OF A SPY
9. Document material in Finnish was used. Early 1940
Introduction
1 Early years
2 Soviet Republic of Sailors and Builders
3 "Party Week"
4 Kronstadt uprising
4.1 Secret agent of the Cheka
5 Emigrant
6 Agent
7 The End
8 Memoirs
Bibliography
Petrichenko, Stepan Maksimovich
Introduction
Stepan Maksimovich Petrichenko (1892, Nikitenka village, Zhizdrinsky district, Kaluga province - June 2, 1947), senior clerk of the battleship Petropavlovsk, head of the Military Revolutionary Committee of the Kronstadt Uprising. During the Revolution in Russia, he leaned towards anarcho-communism, like other sailors of the Baltic Fleet (see also Dybenko, Pavel Efimovich).
1. Early years
Born into a family of a land-poor peasant. Two years after his birth, the family moved to Aleksandrovsk (now Zaporozhye), where Stepan graduated from a two-year city school and went to work at a local metallurgical plant as a metal worker. In 1913, Petrichenko was called up for military service on the battleship Petropavlovsk, which was part of the Baltic Fleet.
2. Soviet Republic of Sailors and Builders
During the February Revolution in Russia, he was with the fleet on the Estonian island of Nargen (now Naissaar). In December 1917, the “Soviet Republic of Sailors and Builders” was proclaimed here.
Eighty military sailors and about two hundred indigenous islanders organized local self-government, which lasted until the capture of Tallinn by the troops of the Kaiser's Germany on February 26, 1918.
The red and black flag of the “anarcho-communists” was lowered, and her “government” boarded the ships of the Baltic Fleet, heading for Helsinki, and from there to Kronstadt. Three years later, the red and black banner hoisted over Kronstadt - the former leader of the Nargen “republic” Stepan Maksimovich Petrichenko led the Kronstadt uprising.
3. "Party week"
During the “party week” of 1919, he joined the RCP (b), but left the party during the “re-registration” (veiled purge). In the summer of 1920 he visited his homeland, and upon his return he spoke approvingly of Father Makhno’s movement, but did not become an anarchist by conviction.
4. Kronstadt uprising
In March 1921, with the outbreak of unrest in Kronstadt, he headed the body leading the uprising - the Provisional Revolutionary Committee, but did not show any political talents. The Kronstadters demanded the liquidation of the “autocracy of the communists.”
After the suppression of the rebellion with thousands of its participants, he left for Finland. He worked in sawmills and became a carpenter.
4.1. Secret agent of the Cheka
In the publication of the magazine "Vlast", No. 5 dated 02/07/2011, it is reported that "Petrichenko is a secret agent of the Extraordinary Commission of the Petrograd Province"
5. Emigrant
In exile, Petrichenko's authority among former participants in the uprising was high. He blocked the intention of the white emigration in Helsinki to send the Kronstadt “volunteers” to Soviet Karelia to organize an uprising. He called not to obey the order of General Wrangel to include a detachment of former Kronstadters in the army located in Turkey. When at the beginning of 1922, by decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, an amnesty was announced to ordinary participants in the uprising, he did not create obstacles for those wishing to return to their homeland and he himself decided to ask for permission to return, about which he held a consultation with other former members of the Revolutionary Committee. Soon, the chief of police of Vyborg received a denunciation about Petrichenko’s “vile plan,” as a result of which he was arrested on May 21, 1922 and spent several months in prison.
6. Agent
In 1922, Petrichenko went to Riga and visited the RSFSR embassy. There he was recruited as an agent of the GPU and he became an agent of the Red Army Intelligence Service in Finland.
In August 1927, Petrichenko again came to Riga and at the Soviet embassy submitted an application addressed to Kalinin with a request to return Soviet citizenship and permission to travel to the USSR. In 1927, Petrichenko traveled through Latvia to the USSR. Returning to Finland, he got a job at a pulp mill in Ken (Kemi?), where he worked until 1931. He was fired from the factory due to staff reduction and moved to live in Helsinki. In 1937, he announced his refusal to cooperate with Soviet intelligence, but then again agreed to continue working. With the outbreak of World War II, Petrichenko's activities were reoriented to covering the military preparations of Germany and its allies. Several important messages were received from Petrichenko about Germany’s preparations for war against the USSR.
In 1941, Petrichenko was arrested by Finnish authorities.
7. The End
On September 25, 1944, on the basis of an armistice agreement between the USSR, Great Britain and Finland, Petrichenko was released, and on April 21, 1945, he was again arrested and transferred to the counterintelligence agencies of the Red Army. The investigation into the Petrichenko case was led by the senior SMERSH counterintelligence investigator, Captain Novoselov. At the direction of the chief military prosecutor Lozinsky, the case was transferred to the Special Meeting of the NKVD of the USSR, where it was considered without the presence of the prosecution and defense. The verdict, handed down on November 17, 1945, read:
Petrichenko Stepan Maksimovich for participation in a counter-revolutionary terrorist organization and belonging to Finnish intelligence was imprisoned in a forced labor camp for a period of 10 years, starting from April 24, 1945.
Stepan Petrichenko died on June 2, 1947, during his transfer from the Solikamsk camp to the Vladimir prison.
8. Memoirs
Stepan Petrichenko The truth about the Kronstadt events. - Prague: 1921.
Bibliography:
Prokhorov, Dmitry The tragedy of the Kronstadt “rebel”.
S. N. Semanov, Kronstadt rebellion, M., 2003 ISBN 5-699-02084-5
Stepan Maksimovich Petrichenko
Naissaar. Republic of Soviets
Semanov S. N. Black days of Kronstadt
events in Kronstadt
Kommersant-Vlast - "The Cheka received an order to organize the Kronstadt rebellion"
M. Khosta, O. Lapchinsky, S. Kosher DEATH OF A SPY
Document material used is in Finnish. Early 1940
Born in 1892 in the village of Nikitenka, Zhizdra district, Kaluga province, in the family of a land-poor peasant. Two years after his birth, the family moved to Zaporozhye, where Stepan graduated from a two-year city school and went to work at a local metallurgical plant as a metal worker. So he came from the Poltava region. In 1913, Petrichenko was called up for military service on the battleship Petropavlovsk, which was part of the Baltic Fleet.
Republic of Anarcho-Syndicalists
During the February Revolution in Russia, he was with the fleet on the Estonian island of Nargen (now Naissaar). In December 1917, the “Soviet Republic of Sailors and Builders” was proclaimed here. Eighty naval sailors managed two hundred native islanders until Tallinn was captured by the Kaiser's German forces on February 26, 1918. The red and black flag of the “anarcho-syndicalist republic” was lowered, and its “government” boarded the ships of the Baltic Fleet, heading for Helsinki, and from there to Kronstadt. Three years later, the red and black banner hoisted over Kronstadt - the former leader of the Nargen “republic” Stepan Maksimovich Petrichenko led the Kronstadt uprising.
"Party Week"
During the “party week” of 1919, he joined the RCP (b), but left the party during the “re-registration” (veiled purge). In the summer of 1920 he visited his homeland, and upon his return he spoke approvingly of Father Makhno’s movement, but by conviction he did not become an anarchist.
Kronstadt uprising
Main article: Kronstadt uprising
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In March 1921, with the outbreak of unrest in Kronstadt, he headed the body leading the uprising - the Provisional Revolutionary Committee, but did not show any political talents. The Kronstadters demanded the liquidation of the “autocracy of the communists.” After the suppression of the rebellion with thousands of its participants, he left for Finland. He worked in sawmills and became a carpenter.
Emigrant
In exile, Petrichenko's authority among former participants in the uprising was high. He blocked the intention of the white emigration in Helsinki to send the Kronstadt “volunteers” to Soviet Karelia to organize an uprising. He called not to obey the order of General Wrangel to include a detachment of former Kronstadters in the army located in Turkey. When at the beginning of 1922, by decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, an amnesty was announced to ordinary participants in the uprising, he did not create obstacles for those wishing to return to their homeland and he himself decided to ask for permission to return, about which he held a consultation with other former members of the Revolutionary Committee. Soon, the chief of police of Vyborg received a denunciation about Petrichenko’s “vile plan,” as a result of which he was arrested on May 21, 1922 and spent several months in prison.
Agent
In 1922, Petrichenko went to Riga and visited the Soviet Embassy. There he was recruited as an agent of the GPU and he became an agent of the Red Army Intelligence Service in Finland.
In August 1927, Petrichenko arrived in Riga and at the Soviet embassy submitted an application addressed to Kalinin with a request to return Soviet citizenship and allow him to travel to the USSR. In 1927, Petrichenko traveled through Latvia to the USSR. Returning to Finland, he got a job at a pulp mill in Ken (Kemi?), where he worked until 1931. He was fired from the factory due to staff reduction and moved to live in Helsinki. In 1937, he announced his refusal to cooperate with Soviet intelligence, but then again agreed to continue working. With the outbreak of World War II, Petrichenko’s activities were reoriented to covering the military preparations of Nazi Germany and its allies. Several important messages were received from Petrichenko about Nazi Germany’s preparations for war against the USSR.
In 1941, Petrichenko was arrested by Finnish authorities.
End
On September 25, 1944, on the basis of an armistice agreement between the USSR, Great Britain and Finland, Petrichenko was released, and on April 21, 1945, he was again arrested and transferred to the counterintelligence agencies of the Red Army. The investigation into the Petrichenko case was led by senior SMERSH counterintelligence investigator Captain Novoselov. At the direction of the chief military prosecutor Lozinsky, the case was transferred to the Special Meeting of the NKVD of the USSR, where it was considered without the presence of the prosecution and defense. The verdict, handed down on November 17, 1945, read:
“Stepan Maksimovich Petrichenko for participation in a counter-revolutionary terrorist organization and belonging to the Finnish intelligence service should be imprisoned in a forced labor camp for a period of 10 years, starting from April 24, 1945.”
Stepan Petrichenko died on June 2, 1947, during his transfer from the Solikamsk camp to the Vladimir prison.
Plan
Introduction
1 Early years
2 Soviet Republic of Sailors and Builders
3 "Party Week"
4 Kronstadt uprising
4.1 Secret agent of the Cheka
5 Emigrant
6 Agent
7 The End
8 Memoirs
Bibliography
Petrichenko, Stepan Maksimovich
Introduction
Stepan Maksimovich Petrichenko (1892, Nikitenka village, Zhizdrinsky district, Kaluga province - June 2, 1947), senior clerk of the battleship Petropavlovsk, head of the Military Revolutionary Committee of the Kronstadt Uprising. During the Revolution in Russia, he leaned towards anarcho-communism, like other sailors of the Baltic Fleet (see also Dybenko, Pavel Efimovich).
1. Early years
Born into a family of a land-poor peasant. Two years after his birth, the family moved to Aleksandrovsk (now Zaporozhye), where Stepan graduated from a two-year city school and went to work at a local metallurgical plant as a metal worker. In 1913, Petrichenko was called up for military service on the battleship Petropavlovsk, which was part of the Baltic Fleet.
2. Soviet Republic of Sailors and Builders
During the February Revolution in Russia, he was with the fleet on the Estonian island of Nargen (now Naissaar). In December 1917, the “Soviet Republic of Sailors and Builders” was proclaimed here.
Eighty military sailors and about two hundred indigenous islanders organized local self-government, which lasted until the capture of Tallinn by the troops of the Kaiser's Germany on February 26, 1918.
The red and black flag of the “anarcho-communists” was lowered, and her “government” boarded the ships of the Baltic Fleet, heading for Helsinki, and from there to Kronstadt. Three years later, the red and black banner hoisted over Kronstadt - the former leader of the Nargen “republic” Stepan Maksimovich Petrichenko led the Kronstadt uprising.
3. "Party week"
During the “party week” of 1919, he joined the RCP (b), but left the party during the “re-registration” (veiled purge). In the summer of 1920 he visited his homeland, and upon his return he spoke approvingly of Father Makhno’s movement, but did not become an anarchist by conviction.
4. Kronstadt uprising
In March 1921, with the outbreak of unrest in Kronstadt, he headed the body leading the uprising - the Provisional Revolutionary Committee, but did not show any political talents. The Kronstadters demanded the liquidation of the “autocracy of the communists.”
After the suppression of the rebellion with thousands of its participants, he left for Finland. He worked in sawmills and became a carpenter.
4.1. Secret agent of the Cheka
In the publication of the magazine "Vlast", No. 5 dated 02/07/2011, it is reported that "Petrichenko is a secret agent of the Extraordinary Commission of the Petrograd Province"
5. Emigrant
In exile, Petrichenko's authority among former participants in the uprising was high. He blocked the intention of the white emigration in Helsinki to send the Kronstadt “volunteers” to Soviet Karelia to organize an uprising. He called not to obey the order of General Wrangel to include a detachment of former Kronstadters in the army located in Turkey. When at the beginning of 1922, by decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, an amnesty was announced to ordinary participants in the uprising, he did not create obstacles for those wishing to return to their homeland and he himself decided to ask for permission to return, about which he held a consultation with other former members of the Revolutionary Committee. Soon, the chief of police of Vyborg received a denunciation about Petrichenko’s “vile plan,” as a result of which he was arrested on May 21, 1922 and spent several months in prison.
In 1922, Petrichenko went to Riga and visited the RSFSR embassy. There he was recruited as an agent of the GPU and he became an agent of the Red Army Intelligence Service in Finland.
In August 1927, Petrichenko again came to Riga and at the Soviet embassy submitted an application addressed to Kalinin with a request to return Soviet citizenship and permission to travel to the USSR. In 1927, Petrichenko traveled through Latvia to the USSR. Returning to Finland, he got a job at a pulp mill in Ken (Kemi?), where he worked until 1931. He was fired from the factory due to staff reduction and moved to live in Helsinki. In 1937, he announced his refusal to cooperate with Soviet intelligence, but then again agreed to continue working. With the outbreak of World War II, Petrichenko's activities were reoriented to covering the military preparations of Germany and its allies. Several important messages were received from Petrichenko about Germany’s preparations for war against the USSR.
In 1941, Petrichenko was arrested by Finnish authorities.
On September 25, 1944, on the basis of an armistice agreement between the USSR, Great Britain and Finland, Petrichenko was released, and on April 21, 1945, he was again arrested and transferred to the counterintelligence agencies of the Red Army. The investigation into the Petrichenko case was led by the senior SMERSH counterintelligence investigator, Captain Novoselov. At the direction of the chief military prosecutor Lozinsky, the case was transferred to the Special Meeting of the NKVD of the USSR, where it was considered without the presence of the prosecution and defense. The verdict, handed down on November 17, 1945, read:
Petrichenko Stepan Maksimovich for participation in a counter-revolutionary terrorist organization and belonging to Finnish intelligence was imprisoned in a forced labor camp for a period of 10 years, starting from April 24, 1945.
Stepan Petrichenko died on June 2, 1947, during his transfer from the Solikamsk camp to the Vladimir prison.
8. Memoirs
· Stepan Petrichenko The truth about the Kronstadt events. - Prague: 1921.
Bibliography:
1. Prokhorov, Dmitry The tragedy of the Kronstadt "rebel".
2. S. N. Semanov, Kronstadt mutiny, M., 2003 ISBN 5-699-02084-5
3. Stepan Maksimovich Petrichenko
4. Naissaar. Republic of Soviets
5. Semanov S. N. Black days of Kronstadt
6. events in Kronstadt
7. Kommersant-Vlast - “The Cheka received an order to organize the Kronstadt rebellion”
8. M. Khosta, O. Lapchinsky, S. Kosher DEATH OF A SPY
9. Document material in Finnish was used. Early 1940