Did Stalin say: “If there were a man, there would be an article”?storyhistory of RussiarepressionUSSRStalinquotes
Is it true that the expression “keep a tight rein” is associated with the head of the NKVD Yezhov?storyhistory of RussialinguisticsrepressionRussian languageUSSRStalinphilologyetymology
Is it true that Nikolai Gumilev predicted his own execution?AkhmatovaGumilyovliteraturepoetryrepressionRussiasupernaturalcelebrity rumorsdeath
Did Stalin say: “The son is not responsible for his father”?storyhistory of RussiapolicyrepressionUSSRStalin
Is it true that the execution of Polish officers in Katyn in 1940 was organized by the Germans?World War IIGermanystoryhistory of RussiaNKVDPolandrepressionUSSR