A Kiev native Georgiy Kuzmin points out in his book Facts and fiction of our football (Были и небыли нашего футбола) that the first squads of Dynamo Kyiv included a number of regular Cheka members among whom was Konstantin Fomin.
Konstantin Fomin is known to have participated in repressions against Kharkiv sportsmen of Polish descent during 1935–1936.
Right before World War II, Fomin also played in Lokomotyv.

Because players were not getting paid regularly, the football team of Dynamo for some time had a shortage (only eight players).
The team's captain Konstantin Shchegotsky even tried to escape to Dnipropetrovsk, where he played for FC Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk, but was forced to come back.
During the Holodomor in 1932–33, half of the team escaped to Ivanovo near Moscow.
Two of Dynamo's players, Pionkovsky and Sviridovsky, were arrested by the NKVD agents during an attempt to exchange several cuts of cloth for products and therefore had to work "for the good of the country" for two years in a penal colony.
During the Great Purge in 1938, Piontkovsky, and one of the Dynamo's team creators, Barminsky were targeted, and eventually shot in 1941.
The season was never completed, as Germany invaded the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941.
Several Dynamo Kyiv players joined the military and went off to fight.
The initial success of the Wehrmacht allowed it to capture the city from the Red Army.
Several of the Dynamo Kyiv players who had survived the onslaught found themselves in prisoner-of-war camps.

In taking Kiev, the Germans captured over 600,000 Soviet soldiers.
The city was under a strict occupation regime.
Universities and schools were shut down; only in 1942 a four-year school for the Ukrainian population was introduced.
Youth over 15 years and adults under 60 years old were submitted to labour obligations.
Thousands of inhabitants were deported to Germany for forced labour.
The Germans controlled the Ukrainian police, who took part in the hunt for Bolsheviks and Jews.
A Kiev native Georgiy Kuzmin points out in his book Facts and fiction of our football (Были и небыли нашего футбола) that the first squads of Dynamo Kyiv included a number of regular Cheka members among whom was Konstantin Fomin. Konstantin Fomin is known to have participated in repressions against Kharkiv sportsmen of Polish descent during 1935–1936. Right before World War II, Fomin also played in Lokomotyv.
Because players were not getting paid regularly, the football team of Dynamo for some time had a shortage (only eight players). The team's captain Konstantin Shchegotsky even tried to escape to Dnipropetrovsk, where he played for FC Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk, but was forced to come back. During the Holodomor in 1932–33, half of the team escaped to Ivanovo near Moscow. Two of Dynamo's players, Pionkovsky and Sviridovsky, were arrested by the NKVD agents during an attempt to exchange several cuts of cloth for products and therefore had to work "for the good of the country" for two years in a penal colony. During the Great Purge in 1938, Piontkovsky, and one of the Dynamo's team creators, Barminsky were targeted, and eventually shot in 1941. The season was never completed, as Germany invaded the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941. Several Dynamo Kyiv players joined the military and went off to fight. The initial success of the Wehrmacht allowed it to capture the city from the Red Army. Several of the Dynamo Kyiv players who had survived the onslaught found themselves in prisoner-of-war camps.
In taking Kiev, the Germans captured over 600,000 Soviet soldiers. The city was under a strict occupation regime. Universities and schools were shut down; only in 1942 a four-year school for the Ukrainian population was introduced. Youth over 15 years and adults under 60 years old were submitted to labour obligations. Thousands of inhabitants were deported to Germany for forced labour. The Germans controlled the Ukrainian police, who took part in the hunt for Bolsheviks and Jews.
The Death Match