Word: krasnaia
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Dates: during 1938-1938
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...officers before Red Army courts-martial, these made up of other officers afraid not to convict lest they in turn be denounced, no matter how flimsy the evidence or grudge. Firing squads have been crackling all over Russia at such a rate that even the official Red Army organ Krasnaia Zvezda ("Red Star") has expressed concern at the "great depletion of regimental, brigade and divisional commanders." In one or two cases prospective purge victims in the Red Air Force have hopped into Soviet battle planes, escaped over the frontier...
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