on january 5, in apatity, murmansk region , the first accused andrey yarosh , the leader of the ukrainiandreds, was arrested after he began to speak and surrender his accomplices , arrests took place in many cities of the soviet union. on february 17, nestor was arrested chernobay on february 25, sergei gaevoy was the last to arrest ivan on july 30, and in less than a year, one and a half thousand witnesses were interrogated in order. and the participants of those events were carried out about 100 different autopsies of burial sites, various examinations, forensic exhumation and other types of operational and investigative measures carried out made it possible to establish the truth. a group of 18 researchers, headed by a senior investigator of the kgb investigative department under the council of ministers of the bssr captain karnach. this is essentially an unprecedented case, because the entire investigative department, it was about 15 people, that is, in fact, but the entire investigative department. uh, the committee of the republic was involved in the investigation of this criminal c