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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dr Kegg, post: 1293943, member: 23476&quot;]Let&#039;s not forget the Great Purge or <b><i>Yezhovshchina</i></b> during 1936-1938 where J. Stalin not only had &quot;sabateurs and dissidents&quot; removed from the party, but also anyone else who dared speak out against Stalin&#039;s motives. Over a million people were executed in direct relation to this, or sent to Gulags where they faced the same sort of fate that those in Polish and German concentration camps did during WWII. This included the intelligentsia, Mongolians, the army, ethnic minorities, and politcal dissidents like Trotsky. While Stalin said that it was stopped in 1938, it continued until his death. All of that and I didn&#039;t even take the time to mention the horrors the farmers faced as a result of the 5-year plans.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stalin gets my vote for most ruthless Dictator on a coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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