Pavel Dmitrievich Malkov ( November 17, 1887, Kukark settlement, now the city of Sovetsk, Kirov region - November 22, 1965, Moscow ) is a Soviet military leader who held the commandant of the Smolny and the commandant of the Kremlin during the October Revolution and Civil War.
| Pavel Dmitrievich Malkov | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of Birth | November 17, 1887 | |
| Place of Birth | Kukark settlement, now Sovetsk Kirov region | |
| Date of death | November 22, 1965 (78 years old) | |
| Place of death | Moscow , USSR | |
| Affiliation |  Russian empire Centrobalt RSFSR | |
| Type of army | Fleet | |
| Years of service | 1911 - 1922 | |
| Rank | Senior nurse | |
| Commanded | Commandant of Smolny Kremlin commandant | |
| Battles / wars | Events of 1905-1907 | |
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Biography
Revolutionary Activities
Bolshevik since 1904. Member of the revolution of 1905-1907 . Arrested and sent to the settlement. Since 1911 he served in the Baltic Fleet as a senior orderly on the cruiser " Diana ", was a member of the underground organization of the RSDLP. After the February Revolution of 1917, he was a member of the Helsingfors Committee of the RSDLP, a member of the Central Baltic . In October 1917 he participated in the storming of the Winter Palace .
Commandant of Smolny and the Kremlin
From October 29 ( November 11 ) 1917 - the first commandant of Smolny. In connection with the relocation of the Soviet government to Moscow from March 1918 to April 1920, he was the commandant of the Moscow Kremlin. Personally shot by Fanny Kaplan .
On my orders, the sentry brought Kaplan out of the room in which she was located, and we ordered her to get into a car prepared in advance. It was 4 p.m. on September 3, 1918. Retribution has come true. The sentence was executed. I performed it, a member of the Bolshevik party, a sailor of the Baltic Fleet, commandant of the Moscow Kremlin Pavel Dmitrievich Malkov - with my own hand. And if the story were repeated, if the creature had again appeared in front of the barrel of my gun, raising its hand at Ilyich, my hand would not flinch, pulling the trigger, as it did not flinch then ...
In 1920-1922 in the Red Army, then held various leadership positions. Member of the All - Russian Central Executive Committee of 3 convocations.
Arrest and rehabilitation
According to the Memorial, he was arrested on January 21, 1948 in Moscow, and the CCA at the Ministry of State Security of the USSR on December 25, 1948 was sentenced under Art. 58-10, 58-11 as a "Trotskyist" to 8 years of ITL. After the death of Stalin, he was released on October 28, 1954 and rehabilitated.
Since 1954 - a personal pensioner of national importance. He was awarded the Order of Lenin (1957). He was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery .
Memoirs
- Malkov P. D., Evgeny Shatrov Under the banner of the Soviets Publishing House Soviet Russia , 22 pp., 1957
- Malkov P. D. Notes of the commandant of the Moscow Kremlin Publishing house Young Guard , 285 pp., 1959
- Malkov P. D. (in a creative partnership with the candidate of historical sciences A. Ya. Sverdlov ) Notes of the commandant of the Kremlin (Military memoirs) M.: Military Publishing House , 368 pp., 1987