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Political repression in the Soviet Union
Throughout the
history of the Soviet Union
tens of millions of people became victims of
political repression
, which was an instrument of the state since the
October Revolution
. Culminating during the
Stalin era
, it still existed during the "
Khrushchev Thaw
", followed by increased persecution of
Soviet dissidents
during the
Brezhnev stagnation
, and didn't cease to exist during
Mikhail Gorbachev
's
perestroika
. Its heritage still influences the life of modern
Russia
and other former Soviet states.
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