from the personal file of vasily zakharovich korzh. from november 1936 to december 37 was on a businessfrom 1938 in moscow he was preparing for a trip to china, studying languages. vasily zakharovich managed to escape to his native belarus, to slutsk, for several days, and suddenly he was arrested. for starinov, who returned from spain for a short vacation, the call to the nkvd came as a complete surprise, as did the fact that upon entering the investigator’s office, he saw vasily zakharovich korzh. one glance was enough to understand that he was being interrogated with passion. they only managed to exchange with their glances, the convoy literally pushed the cake out of the ostarines’ office, and he remained standing amazed by what he saw. a man devoted to the party, he fought heroically in spain. and a traitor, the investigator’s shout forced him to return to reality, you, citizen starinov, are a suspect , he said, not without a share of gloating, and meaningfully added, until, if you don’t honestly admit everything, partisan detachments, as ilya starinov later recalled, just a call v