Дело врачей 1953 года. Показания обвиняемого

I͡A. L. Rapoport, izvestnyĭ sovetskiĭ uchenyĭ-medik, byl odnim iz glavnykh obvini͡aemykh po "delu vracheĭ" 1953 goda. Soglasno materialam sledstvii͡a, oni ubili nepravilʹnym lecheniem blizhaĭshego soratnika I. V. Stalina - chlena Politbi͡uro T͡SK VKP(b) A. A. Zhdanova, a takzhe Pervogo sekretari͡a Moskovskogo obkoma VKP(b) A. S. Shcherbakova; krome togo, gotovili pokushenie na samogo Stalina. V svoeĭ knige I͡A. L. Rapoport podrobno rasskazyvaet obo vsekh obstoi͡atelʹstvakh ėtogo dela, govorit o tom, kak v deĭstvitelʹnosti lechili sovetskikh vozhdeĭ, o Staline i ego okruzhenii, o prichinakh repressiĭ protiv kremlevskikh medikov. Ego rasskaz soderzhit mnogie podrobnosti, izvestnye tolʹko avtoru, i predstavli͡aet soboĭ unikalʹnyĭ istochnik informat͡sii po dannoĭ teme.

Ya. L. Rapoport, a famous Soviet medical scientist, was one of the main defendants in the 1953 Doctors case. According to the investigation materials, they killed Stalin's closest associate, A. A. Zhdanov, a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b), as well as the First Secretary of the Moscow Regional Committee of the CPSU(b), A. S. Shcherbakov, with improper treatment; in addition, they were preparing an assassination attempt on Stalin himself. In his book, J. L. Rapoport talks in detail about all the circumstances of this case, talks about how the Soviet leaders were actually treated, about Stalin and his entourage, and about the reasons for the repression against Kremlin doctors. His story contains many details known only to the author, and is a unique source of information on this topic.