Talk:Arsen Kotsoyev

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According to the German Wikipedia Kotsoyev was awarded a NKVD medal for his merits to the "intelligence service" in 1939. That was one year after the end of the Great Purge. Was has he done in that time? His work for the Cheka and later organisations is not even mentioned in the article. That has to be clarified. -- Irakli D 09:51, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

As far as I know, it was actually a civilian decoration, an Order of the Badge of Honor, that was awarded to him in 1939. He had very strong ties with the "Old Bolsheviks" and it is really surprising how he survived Stalinist purges.--Kober 11:03, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

I've never heard or read about Kotsoyev's work for Cheka. The sources mention that he died in relative poverty, he was obviously not a favourite among his colleagues. His works (I've read many) are not-so-pro-Soviet, and I wonder too, how he survived during the Purge. Maybe he was just forgotten. - Slavik IVANOV 23:42, 19 November 2006 (UTC)