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The arrests that started in 1936 and lasted till the beginning of World War II [during the so-called Great Terror] [11] didn't have any impact on our family. They mainly arrested high officials, party activists and the military that were declared 'enemies of the people' [12]. Almost every day there were announcements about new arrests in the newspapers and on the radio. We believed that there were true reasons behind it. Stalin was our idol.
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arkadiy redko