摘要：Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin (1888-1938) remains one of the most puzzling
figures of Soviet history. Although his rehabilitation took place in 1988 to this day not a
single piece of historical evidence supporting this verdict has ever been published. All
the documents published during the period of the “Bukharin Boom” of the 1990s in one
way or another touch on the question of the accusations against him. But only in a single
case — his letter to Joseph Stalin of December 10, 1937 — did Bukharin utter a
determined “Not Guilty” to the crimes of which he was accused. All the remaining
documents, including other letters of his, provide evidence supporting the opposite
conclusion.
