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The great purges

by Isaac Deutscher, Tamara Deutscher, David King

Using photographs, official records, and eyewitness accounts, this volume documents the devastating toll of Stalin's purges against his real and imagined enemies.

Accession 31643 ISBN 0631139230 Publisher Basil Blackwell Publisher
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