Museum exhibit /Official memo from prisoner I.I. Ginzburg to the assistant director of USEVSLON (Upravlenie Severnykh Lagerei Osobogo Naznacheniya – the Administration of the Northern Special Purpose Camps).
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An official memo from imprisoned geologist Il’ia Isaakovich Ginzburg (1882-1965) addressed to the assistant director of the Administration of the Northern Special Purpose Camps, Ia.M.Moroz. It is dated 31.01.1930, Chib’iu Settlement. It contains a description of preparatory work on the construction of a chemical laboratory on the site of assignment [komandirovka] “byvshii Gansberg” [“the former Gansberg”] (from September 1930 – assignment no.1). Ginzburg reports a delay in the delivery of equipment for research into radioactivity and urgently requests the speeding up of the fitting out of heated accommodation for a laboratory. The document is kept in the Museum of the History of Vodnyi. It was transferred from the archive of the “Progress” Electro-ceramic factory in Ukhta, the successor to the Radium Industry. (Photo 2007). 
 
 
 
 
Creator of collectionArchive of the “Progress” Factory.
 
Authors and foundersGinzburg, Il’ya Isaakovich (1882-1965), Author
 
Thematic indexThe Camps
 
Thematic indexThe Camps/
 
Thematic indexLife in Captivity/
 
Date and place of creation31.10.1930. OGPU Ukhta Expedition (Komi Autonomous Province [Zyrian] Chib’iu Settlement).
 
MaterialsPaper
 
Materials
 
Description of exhibitOriginal. Paper, pencil, handwritten, signature – autograph, 1 sheet, reverse side. The text is on both sides of an A4 page. The memo is addressed to the Assistant Head of the Northern Special Purpose Camps, Ia.M.Moroz, the signature: “Geologist I.I. Ginzburg”. The figure “9” has been written in the top right-hand corner of the first page in blue pencil, obviously the number of the page in the file. On the second page, in the bottom left-hand corner, is the date: “31/I 30” and Ginzburg’s signature. Below that is a two-line postscript, written in pencil and in the same handwriting.
 
State of preservationDamage and slight tearing of the paper along the edges. There are traces of stitching along the left margin.
 
Detailed annotationAn official memo from imprisoned geologist Il’ia Isaakovich Ginzburg addressed to the assistant director of the Administration of the Northern Special Purpose Camps Ia.M. Moroz, written on 31.01.1930 in Chib’iu Settlement. It contains a description of preparatory work on the construction of a chemical laboratory on the site of the assignment [komandirovka] “byvshii Gansberg” [“the former Gansberg”] (from September, 1930 – Assignment No.1). Ginzburg reports a delay in the delivery of equipment for research into radioactivity, and requests the speeding up of the manufacture of the necessary equipment (vats, vessels with perforated bases etc.) and also urgently requests that heated premises be fitted out urgently for a laboratory. In a postscript, Ginzburg says that in view of the absence of a fully-equipped laboratory he reckons that the arrival of an engineer, Bashilov, would be premature. It is known that the technology for the extraction of radium salts from underground water was being developed by the Gorchimtrest (Mining and Chemical Trust), and that its representative was I.Ia. Bashilov. The exact dates of the arrival of Vashilov at the Vodnyi Industry in 1929-30 are not known. The document was transferred to the Museum from the archive of the “Progress” Factory - the successor to the Radium Industry.
 
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Museum exhibit /Official memo from prisoner I.I. Ginzburg to the assistant director of USEVSLON (Upravlenie Severnykh Lagerei Osobogo Naznacheniya – the Administration of the Northern Special Purpose Camps).