The dossier comes in a paper folder and includes the following:

1. The title page of Case # 81/574 opened on May 11, 1920 by the District Cheka where the three accused were arrested and accused of serving in Denikin's Army of the South of Russia. Has three photos affixed to the document. Very good condition, showing minor fraying to the edges and hole puncher holes along the left margin.

2. Protocol of interrogation of Kseniya Grigoryeva-Chernyakhovskaya, not dated, typed up on both sides of wax paper sheets. Minor fraying at the edges, not reaching the text. T

The dossier comes in a paper folder and includes the following:

1. The title page of Case # 81/574 opened on May 11, 1920 by the District Cheka where the three accused were arrested and accused of serving in Denikin's Army of the South of Russia. Has three photos affixed to the document. Very good condition, showing minor fraying to the edges and hole puncher holes along the left margin.

2. Protocol of interrogation of Kseniya Grigoryeva-Chernyakhovskaya, not dated, typed up on both sides of wax paper sheets. Minor fraying at the edges, not reaching the text. The text is a little see-through on wax paper but is perfectly legible.

3. Mugshot of Kseniya Grigoryeva-Chernyakhovskaya.

4. Permit to transfer Grigoryev's case up to Poltava Regional Cheka dated June 28, 1920. VG/EXC condition, showing just stapling holes to the left margin, and small areas of slight discoloration, probably due to uneven exposure to light.

5. Copy of Order # 321 dated September 6, 1920, prescribing the commandant of the Cheka jail to release Kseniya immediately on condition of travel ban and check appearances in the Cheka office every two days. In excellent condition.

6. Stub of the travel ban orderdated September 6, 1920, that Kseniya had to sign. Excellent condition.

7. Travel pass authorizing Kseniya to travel from the village of Gaysin to Kharkiv, not dated, valid until 26 May 1920. It must have been seized when Kseniya was arrested and searched. VG/EXC condition, showing just minor stapling holes, not too obvious and not detractive.

8. A postcard sent to Kseniya on 16 September 1919, probably from a lawyer who promised to "settle the matter" with her husband and asked her to "come to Poltava" immediately. This most likely has to do with her divorce from her husband Grigoryev. Note the postal stamps! While the pre-printed reddish stamp looks like a regular Imperial Russian 5-kopek stamp, the blue stamps are very interesting and rare. Such "United Russia" stamps were issued by Denikin's Armed Forces of the South of Russia and were in circulation in the entire territory controlled by Denikin's forces.

9. Handwritten protocol of interrogation of Evegeniy-Fyodor Chernyakhovsky dated August 31, 1920, including a photo of him and Kseniya sewn onto the protocol. VG/EXC condition. The edges show mild to moderate fraying but the text, both printed and handwritten, is crisp and perfectly legible. The protocol has two of Evgeniy's hand signatures.

10. Case conclusion report dated August 31, 1920, an excellent example of Cheka's modus operandi. It is too long to quote verbatim but definitely worth summarizing. It says that Evgeniy Chernyakhovsky came to the Regional Cheka office to inquire why his wife was summoned to appear there. He was immediately detained and searched. On him, there was a document confirming that he used to serve in a cuirassier detachment in Denikin's army. Consequently, the Cheka officer concluded that Chernyakhovsky had to be arrested as a cuirassier, and his wife needs to be sent for immediately, to arrest and search.

11. Another case conclusion report dated September 9, 1920, which concludes that Evgeniy Chernyakhovsky needs to be sentenced to hard labor in the "labor army" with the Southwestern Front for having a false ID whereas Kseniya's case needs to be closed due to the absence of incriminating evidence.

12. Prisoner transfer form dated October 7, 1920, authorizing transport of E. Chernyakhovsky and his case # 1184 on 142 pages, to the Special Department of the Southwestern Front.

Regretfully, only these documents out of the 142 pages of the entire dossier are in our possession, and there is a sense of gaps in the sequence of events. So, allow us to remove Cheka from it and give you the gist of what the entire matter could have been. Kseniya married Nikolai Grigoryev in 1918. He abused her physically, beat her, and she divorced him. Then she married Evgeniy Chernyakhovsky who had been earlier mobilized into Denikin's cuirassier detachment, swept there during mobilization of students. After seven days in the detachment, he got a furlough. At the end of the furlough he learned that student mobilization had been cancelled, and he didn't return to Denikin's army. But for some reason, he kept on him a document identifying him as a cuirassier. That is all, end of story. If not for the vigilant Transportation Cheka. Look at the photo of Kseniya and Evgeniy, and you will see why they raised the bristles on Cheka's collective neck.

Please note that the pen in our photo is for size reference.
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