how many people were sent to cemeteries by the imaginary surgeon

100 years ago, in 1924, the Supreme Court of the RSFSR changed the sentence of the pseudo-doctor Kozlinsky, who, as the investigation indicated, set a kind of record for the number of patients sent to another world; Moreover, if foreign opponents of the Bolsheviks had not paid attention to the case of this “chief doctor,” he could have gotten away with a punishment that was completely disproportionate to the charges brought against him; No less remarkable was the story of another responsible employee – the head of the prosecutor’s office, who did not possess even the most basic knowledge.

From the article “At the Moscow Military District Tribunal,” Izvestia, December 23, 1923.

After a 4-day trial, the military tribunal of the 2nd Rifle Corps, consisting of the chairman, Comrade Slutsky, and members of the board Orlov and Lomov, completed the consideration of the case of the counter-revolutionary and impostor surgeon Kozlinsky, who recently held the responsible post of head of the Alexander People’s Hospital.

The essence of the matter is as follows: in 1917, on the eve of the October Revolution, Warrant Officer Kozlinsky, together with his fellow officers, emigrated to Shanghai. There, by order of the tsarist consul, Kozlinsky was sent to the disposal of the general. Croatian, who was going to capture Sakhalin. When the army of Gen. Orlova was defeated in battles with the Red partisans, Kozlinsky fled to Irkutsk, where he joined Kolchak’s army as a combat officer. He successively held a number of command and combat positions in Kolchak’s army and took an active part in the battles against the Red troops. Finally, to the mountains. In Achinsk, he, along with the infirmary of the Jaeger Regiment, was captured by the Red troops.

Not wanting to fight in the ranks of the Red Army against Kolchak’s gangs, and most importantly, intending to continue his criminal activities in the fight against the Red Army and Soviet power, Kozlinsky came up with the following trick: he pretended to be the head doctor of the infirmary and offered his services to the Red Army as a specialist. surgeon…

And until May 1922, Kozlinsky, who has no idea either about medicine or surgery, performs up to 700 “operations” on Red Army soldiers, whom he deliberately sends to the next world…

Being a “military” doctor, Kozlinsky, in order to strengthen his position, joined the party… In August 1922, after demobilization, Kozlinsky joined the Alexandrovsk Communist Party and the Executive Committee (county party committee and county executive committee.— “Story”) and, as a communist, receives an appointment to the Alexander People’s Hospital as chief physician…

Here, for a whole year, he carries out his experiments and operations on the Soviet citizens he hates… Based on his idea, the Vladimir gubernia health department opens a chemical-pharmaceutical laboratory in Aleksandrov. As a communist, they completely believe him and give him large sums to open this laboratory. He embezzles a significant portion of this money…

His last experiments at the Alexander Hospital were operations: on a woman in labor, which ended in death, and the transplantation of chicken bones into the shot arm of one of the citizens…

Suspicion arose among his colleagues regarding his medical and surgical knowledge. Kozlinsky, however, does not give up. Wanting to continue his criminal activities in the hospital at all costs, Kozlinsky uses a dictionary to fabricate a certificate in French from the Institute of Experimental Medicine in the city. Shanghai, which represents in the People’s Commissariat of Health. The illiteracy of the certificate immediately reveals its falsity. Kozlinsky was arrested and put on trial on charges of counter-revolution…

The trial fully confirmed the criminal and counter-revolutionary activities of Kozlinsky, who posed as a surgeon solely out of a desire to harm the Red Army and Soviet power. Expert surgeons and a gynecologist called by the court established Kozlinsky’s complete illiteracy as a doctor and surgeon.

The tribunal found Kozlinsky guilty of the charges brought against him and sentenced him to capital punishment – execution by execution with confiscation of all property. Having applied an amnesty to the convict on the 5th anniversary of the October Revolution, the tribunal replaced Kozlinsky’s execution with 10 years of imprisonment with strict isolation, with confiscation of property and loss of rights for 5 years.

From the article “Red Doctors”, “Rul” (a newspaper of Russian emigration, published in Berlin), January 8, 1924.

The trial of army officer Adm. began at the Moscow Military Tribunal. Kolchak, b. student of the Faculty of History and Philology Kozlinsky, who, having been captured by the Reds, pretended to be a doctor and, although he was completely ignorant of medicine, for three years successfully performed the functions of a surgeon, apparently not standing out from the general mass of Red doctors. True, all his operations invariably ended in the death of the patients, but Kozlinsky signed up for the hospital. party and as a communist, as the indictment states, “enjoyed great influence.” The indictment tells how Kozlinsky… slaughtered Red Army soldiers for three years in different infirmaries of the Red Army – and he got away with everything…

From the article “Cancellation of the amnesty in relation to Kozlinsky,” Pravda, January 19, 1924.

Supreme Court. Criminal Cassation Board, January 17. Composition: presiding comrade Umansky. Members of the board t.t. Linde and Shorokhov.

The Criminal Cassation Board of the Supreme Court yesterday considered the case of the impostor Kozlinsky, which was received by it as a supervisory review, who was sentenced in December of last year by the military tribunal of the 2nd Rifle Corps of the Moscow Military District to capital punishment, which was replaced by an amnesty with 10 years of imprisonment with strict isolation for conferring the title of doctor, performing surgical operations that resulted in the death of patients, embezzlement of public money and other crimes.

The Cassation Board found that the military tribunal applied the amnesty to the convicted Kozlinsky incorrectly, since his last crimes were committed on November 10 and December 7, 1922, that is, after the amnesty act on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the October Revolution. The Criminal Cassation Board determined that the amnesty in relation to the convicted Kozlinsky should be cancelled, as incorrectly applied.

From the article “The Prosecutor-Impostor (Based on materials from the Moscow Provincial Court)”, “Evening Moscow”, January 17, 1924.

Last spring, at an appointment with the People’s Commissar for Food (People’s Commissar of Food of the USSR.— “Story”) Comrade A certain citizen Mukhamedov appeared to Bryukhanov. He introduced himself as a member of the Russian Communist Party since 1918, a lawyer and, moreover, an expert in oriental languages ​​(Kyrgyz, Persian, Chinese and for some reason also Serbian). In a further conversation, Mukhamedov stated that he was “tired” of law and was drawn to food work, in which he wanted to specialize.

As a result, Mukhamedov was placed at the disposal of the chairman of the Caspian region-fish Kryshov and, having received an advance payment for the trip, left for Astrakhan…

In Astrakhan, from the very first steps, strange things began to be observed behind Mukhamedov. He refused to fill out the form personally, saying that his hand hurt. When one of the employees was assigned to do this under the dictation of Mukhamedov, it turned out that the information given contradicted one another.

In addition, in the column where previous service was supposed to be indicated, almost all the highest positions of the republic were listed.

Subsequently, Mukhamedov behaved no less strangely. He called himself a member of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee and “a special secret commissioner of the Soviet government.” Not content with this, Mukhamedov meddled in everything, confused and interfered with work. He was unable to carry out any tasks and soon admitted “that such service does not suit him.”

The question of Mukhamedov’s return to Moscow was raised. Members of the board of the region-fish, wanting to quickly get rid of the “orientalist and lawyer” sent by the center, offered him 500 million for the trip. This seemed not enough to Mukhamedov… He began to threaten to expose “some kind of disorder”, pointing out his connections… Finally, chance helped Mukhamedov: he managed to fraudulently obtain 3 billion from one of Kryshov’s employees and leave with them, but not to Moscow, but to Saratov…

In Saratov, Mukhamedov’s first visit was to the local fisheries department.

Here he stated that he was sent by the central government to “preliminarily collect materials about the abuses happening in the fishing industry.”

At the same time, Mukhamedov more or less transparently made it clear that “Bryukhanov himself was coming after him, who would decide, in accordance with the previously collected material,” whether or not the Saratov fishmongers should be put on trial.

So, Mukhamedov declared himself an “auditor” and began going to the fisheries department almost every day. Here he interfered in all matters and, to the best of his ability and ability, slowed down the work. In the end, the money brought from Astrakhan came out and Mukhamedov asked at the fishery department. “prepaid expense”. It was written out to him, but at the time he received the money it turned out that the “auditor” was illiterate and could only sign two letters in scribbles. He was detained…

The investigative authorities became interested in Mukhamedov’s past and began collecting information about him. It turned out that he managed to serve as a prosecutor and his deputy in almost all the small autonomous regions of the Caucasus.

At one time Mukhamedov was even the prosecutor of the Don region.

Everywhere his actions were something bordering on tyranny and mental abnormality. Thus, Mukhamedov brought one bakery owner to court for “preparing dark bread,” while he was visiting an ardom (arrest house.— “Story”) forced prisoners to act out “black masks”…

Everywhere and everywhere Mukhamedov showed an aversion to writing anything. He explained this by eye disease and acute rheumatism in his hand. Mukhamedov usually said that he wrote himself only in cases of exceptional importance, when it was necessary to compile “secret reports,” again “secretly” and “directly” sent to the center.

Resolutions on cases were written by one of the people close to Mukhamedov.

So, during his service in Maikop (in November-December 1922, he was the prosecutor of the Adygea Autonomous Region.— “Story”) all the notes on the papers were made by his wife Feodosia Mukhamedova, later this was done by a certain Ulanov.

Several times, through medical examination, it was established that Mukhamedov’s eyes and hands were healthy, but he himself was illiterate. He was arrested, but somehow Mukhamedov was again released, migrated to another city, where he began his “khlestakovism” all over again…

The provincial court will not have to examine the case of Mukhamedov, who was found abnormal by a medical and mental examination. Of course, madness is the best explanation for the wild and extravagant actions of an illiterate prosecutor…

The whole epic of Mukhamedov leads to sad reflections. What could be worse than giving judicial power to a madman…

Publication by Evgeny Zhirnov