Documents and sources: letters, certificates, records, extracts, and other papers that confirm and enrich the family history.
*Pravda*, 20 June 1929 — “On Dzerzhinsky”
A public text the family keeps as the father’s article.
Documents
Letters, certificates, official papers, and other documentary sources of the family.
Colt revolver certificate, 16 Jan 1919
A personal link between Samsonov and Dzerzhinsky — key Cheka-era paper.
Expulsion from the United Kingdom, 1917
Liverpool, April 1917; Whitehall, 28 September 1917. Family archive.
GPU badge form — T. P. Samsonov
Honorific Chekist wording and a named commendation.
Order of the Red Banner — T. P. Samsonov
VTsIK document signed by M. Kalinin. Family archive photo.