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Word: lubianka (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1927-1927
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Soon rubles, family plate and gems were unearthed and divided at the onetime Dolgorukovo estate near Kursk. Then the Soviet official produced a whistle, blew, summoned agents of the secret police who seized Prince Dolgorukovo. Last week he was executed by order of the Soviet Cabinet in the Lubianka prison, Moscow. Callous, the Soviet executor merely walked into the room where stood Prince Dolgorukovo, drew a revolver, and shot him, without preliminaries, in the back of the head. Soon the corpse of Prince Dolgorukovo was flung into a cart with those of 18 executed criminals, dumped with these into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Dolgorukovo | 3/7/1927 | See Source »

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