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After graduation from the Institute I was sent to work in the town of Shahty, Rostov region. I worked as a mechanic at a mine and then had to serve in the army. I had a higher education and my service term was one year. I was a private and then I became a senior sergeant in Stavropol region, Caucasus. This was the time when repression began[3]. None of my family suffered. At first I believed that the people that were arrested were guilty, but when they arrested and shot such great commanders as Yakir and Tukhachevsky I began to doubt that the authorities were fair. I couldn’t believe that the professional military that gave so much effort to their service in the army were enemies of the people. It was then that I began to have big doubts that Stalin was doing everything right.
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Alexandr Nepomniaschy