Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Too Bad It Didn't Happen Sooner

When portions of the Soviet archives became available after 1991, numerous arrest lists were found with Stalin's notations.  Some, like the one above, directed blanket executions.  Others, consisting of hundreds and sometimes thousands of names had Stalin's check next to those to be executed.  He spent a lot of time going through those lists.

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