History: During Stalin's Great Purge (1936-1938) an estimated 70…

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Did you know? During Stalin's Great Purge (1936-1938) an estimated 700,000-1.2 million people were executed. NKVD agents had quotas — if they didn't reach their "enemy count" they were themselves accused. Families of victims were not informed; one only found out decades later that a father or brother had been killed.

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During Stalin's Great Purge (1936-1938) an estimated 700,000-1.2 million people were executed. NKVD agents had quotas — if they didn't reach their "enemy count" they were themselves accused. Families of victims were not informed; one only found out decades later that a father or brother had been killed.

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