Do not atone for surrender
On August 16, 1941, Order No. 270 of the Red Army Supreme Command of the Red Army was issued "On the responsibility of military personnel for surrender and leaving the enemy of weapons." In addition to Stalin, he was signed by Vyacheslav Molotov as the First Deputy Stalin in the State Defense Committee, Marshals Semyon Budyonny, Clement Voroshilov, Semen Tymoshenko and Boris Shaposhnikov, as well as Army General Georgy Zhukov.