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	Vasili Ulrikh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vasili Ulrikh was born in Riga, Latvia, then a part of the Russian Empire.
		Ulrikh subsequently served on a number of military tribunals, and came to the attention of Joseph Stalin, who apparently liked his terse, even laconic style of reporting as well as his total lack of sentiment.
		In 1926 Ulrikh became Chairman of the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR.
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	Wikinfo \| Vasili Ulrikh
		Vasili Vasilievich Ulrikh (July 13, 1889 - May 7, 1951) was the presiding judge at all the major show trials of the Great Purges, as well as many lesser trials, including a large number of secret trials that lasted only fifteen minutes or less.
		In 1926 Ulrikh became Chairman of the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR, the highest judgeship in the country.
		When accused officers protested their innocence, Ulrikh simply yawned and told the firing squad to "get on with it." At the trial of the Estonian Separatists, he amused himself by mocking the defendants, leaving them sitting at their desks all night long while he and the members of the tribunal pretended to confer.
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	Vasili Ulrikh: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1926 Ulrikh became Chairman of the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR (Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR: military collegium of the supreme court of the ussr (...
		During the Great Patriotic War (Great Patriotic War: more facts about this subject), Ulrikh continued to hand down death sentences of people accused of sabotage (sabotage: A deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged) and defeatism (defeatism: Acceptance of the inevitability of defeat).
		After the conclusion of the war, Ulrikh presided over a number of the early trials of the Zhdanovshchina (Zhdanovshchina: the zhdanov decree was issued by the central committee of the communist party of the soviet...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/vasili_ulrikh (995 words)

	Secret trial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mikhail Tukhachevsky and his fellow Red Army officers were tried in secret by a military tribunal, and their executions were announced only after the fact.
		The presiding judge of the Moscow Trials, Vasili Ulrikh, also presided over large numbers of secret trials lasting only a few minutes, in which he would quickly speak his way through a pre-formulated charge and verdict.
		In the United States, there have been concerns that the USA PATRIOT Act passed following the September 11 terrorist attacks could be used to authorize secret trials and generally eliminate the due process protections which are guaranteed under the US Constitution.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secret_trial (360 words)

	Novodevichy (New Maiden's) Convent and Cemetary - Moscow, Russia
		Sights includes a beautiful 17th-century convent complex and a cemetery where many of the country's most famous writers, poets, politicians and public figures are buried.
		The Novodevicy Convent was founded in 1524 by Tsar Vasily III (1479-1533) to commemorate Moscow's capture of Smolensk from Lithuania.
		That it was intended to serve not only as a religious institution but also as a fortress is evident from its strategic location and strong wall with 12 battle towers.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /russia/novodevichy-convent-moscow.htm (710 words)

	Riga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Arturs Irbe - ice hockey player (NHL), goalkeeper
		Vasili Ulrikh - notorious hanging judge of the Great Purges
		A list of rulers of Riga: Archbishops of Riga who were also secular rulers until 1561:
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Riga (521 words)

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