Joseph Stalin’s tenure as the Soviet Union’s head of State is remembered largely for his domestic policies like the First Five Year Plan, but also his paranoia fueled purges of the Soviet people and the Communist Party. It is largely acknowledged that during his command the number of Russians who were killed as a result of his commands was in the region of 20 million.While the vast majority of Stalin’s targets during the purges were civilians, Stalin’s reach extended into the military as well.
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