Shipchinsky Dmitriy Valerianovich (04.1905-21.06.1930): based on materials from the Archive Department of the Federal security service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region
The article is devoted to one of the most controversial person in the history of Petrograd/Leningrad scout movement in the 1922-1930s. The author reviewed the biography of Shipchinsky and tried to analyze the activities of illegal local scout cells, relying on his testimony during interrogations.