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EXPLANATION OF RUSSIAN NAMES MENTIONED IN THE DOCUMENTS
C. E. C.—Central Executive Committee of the All Russian Congress of Workmen, Soldiers and Peasants’ Deputies, the most important institution in the Soviet Republic.
Chrezvychaika—Extraordinary Commission of Inquiry—an institution of secret political police, of the Soviet Republic, which exists in every district town. Through this institution, according to the scheme of the Bolsheviki, the reign of terror is carried out.
Kresty—A jail in Petrograd where political prisoners were confined.
Motoviliha Works—Situated on the river Kama, three miles from Perm. Large production of war material.
Sisserts Mining Works—Fifty versts from Ekaterinburg, producing cast-iron, iron, marble, and gold.
Tobolsk—Town on the right bank of the river Irtysh, near the mouth of the river Tobol, formerly a very important town. After the trans-Siberian railroad was constructed it lost its importance, being too far from the railroad.
Verkh-Issetsk Iron Works—Situated half a mile from Ekaterinburg.
Znamensky—Ikon of the Holy Virgin—A very ancient holy image given to the Tsar Alexis Mikaielovich (the second czar of the Romanoff dynasty) by the Patriarch of Antioch. To the memory of this image the Empress Elizabeth Petrovna built a church in Tsarskoe-Selo.