Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR
In June 1935, he was dismissed from all his posts and the army and was also expelled from the Communist party. On 3 July 1935, he was arrested and accused of "creating a military-fascist organization in the Red Army" by the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR. He was also accused of having a private conversation with a non-party while drunk and stating, "it is necessary to remove Stalin". On 15 October 1935, Bzhishkian was sentenced by the Special Council of the NKVD on charges of involvement in the counter-revolutionary group to 5 years in detention camps. While being sent to the Yaroslavl prison on 22 October 1935, he ran, but after a few days he was arrested by the NKVD.