... if it was longer than five years." Dmitry Likhachev a survivor of the purges said, "many had diarrhea with blood." This shows the extent of horror, which occurred during the purges. Robert Conquest wrote, "Stalin's war had a higher death toll than total deaths for all countries in World War I." Author and dramatist Edvard Radzinsky discards claims that Stalin was very fearful, and ... because a thief told him not to go down into the hold. Dmitry says, "the only fear that I have is a of a return to the past." The purges ignited panic and fear across the peoples of the Soviet Union. Stali...

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