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GI Myasnikov’s Escape and His Ordeal
| Author(s) | Leon Trotsky |
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| Written | 1 September 1929 |
On November 7, 1928, G. I. Myasnikov, leader of the “Workers’ Group," author of its manifesto, an Old Bolshevik expelled from the party in 1922, escaped from Yerevan to which he had been deported, and reached Persia. There (because of the pressure of Stalinist diplomacy), Myasnikov was arrested by the Persian police, and spent six months in prison in terrible conditions.
At the beginning of May, Persia expelled G. I. Myasnikov, without either visa or passport, to Turkey. There (in Erzurum) he asked for authorization to go to Constantinople. There was more of the same thing. The Turkish police continued the work of the Persian: Myasnikov was taken to Amasya, where he has been under police surveillance till now.
In answer to a request from the sick Myasnikov, he was given a visa for Germany. Then, unexpectedly, it was withdrawn. The explanation for this, as reported, is fashioned from the infamous accusations brought against Myasnikov (that he was supposed to have embezzled state funds, that he was a “spy," etc.).
Myasnikov’s ideas are far from being ours. Nevertheless, anyone who knows his past will shudder with repugnance at the shameless lies of the Stalinists about Myasnikov.