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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Stick & Carrot. On Dec. 1, 1934, Sergei Mironovich Kirov, secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, was assassinated in Leningrad. It was this event that Stalin chose to use as the excuse to rid himself of all potential opposition-real and imagined-and to inflict the cult of terror that would ensure his dictatorship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: To Endure & Remember | 12/1/1967 | See Source »

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