V. I.

Lenin

Motion to the Politbureau of the C.C., R.C.P.(B.) on Bringing Ungern to Trial [1]

I advise that greater attention be given to this case and
the gravity of the charges be checked, and in the event of their being
incontrovertibly proved, of which there seems to be no doubt, a public
trial should be held with the greatest speed and the death penalty
imposed.

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Notes:
[1]
This motion was written in connection with a telegram from the Chairman
of the Siberian Revolutionary Committee I. N. Smir-nov dated August 26,
1921, reporting the arrest of Baron Ungern.

The Pohitbureau adopted Lenin’s motion.

The trial of Baron Umigern took place on September
15. During the hearing a long list of atrocities committed by Ungern and
his underlings was revealed. On capturing Urgu (now Ulan-Bator) he ordered
all the employees of Centrosoyuz and the Town Council to be shot. On his
orders the peaceful inhabitants were robbed and killed and the town was
burnt down. The trial brought to light Baron Ungerr.’s ties with the
Chinese militarists (Chang Tso-lin) and Japanese interventionists. Baron
Ungern was sentenced to death.