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Word: labinskaya (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1932-1932
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Four days later in the Kuban village of Labinskaya, zealous Soviet police arrested Assassin Gorgulov's 82-year-old mother and also his aunt, charged them with "stealing grain from a collective farm," the penalty for which is Death. Moscow papers seemed displeased by the Kuban policemen's zeal, took the line that an 82-year-old grain thief should not be put to Death. They hinted that even if Dr. Gorgulov's mother & aunt are convicted their sentences will surely be commuted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: To the Russian Peasantry . . . | 9/26/1932 | See Source »

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