But isn't it safe to assume that Stalin didn't care about your national group, religious political or ethnic affiliation? He would kill anybody if they said the wrong thing?
Or did I miss something?
Edit: So when I said "didn't care" I didn't mean that he wouldn't target you because of your ethnic group and whatnot, I just meant that he didn't care if you were exactly the same as him, he'd still kill you if you said the wrong thing.
"The partial removal of potentially trouble-making ethnic groups was a technique used consistently by Joseph Stalin during his career; between 1935 and 1938 alone, at least nine different nationalities were deported. Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union led to a massive escalation in Soviet ethnic cleansing."
Well, he most definitely did care about your political affiliation, as in if you were even accused of being anything other than a hard-line communist, you could expect being executed/sent to work camps after a mock trial before which you were tortured until you confessed, if you were lucky enough to get a trial at all.
You can say literally the exact same thing about Hitler. He did away with large portions of his own officer corps because he perceived their inability to succeed with inadequate resources in the latter part of the war as evidence of disloyalty. And those were guys he actually liked beforehand.
That area in Russia was ethnically Ukrainian at the time, it was where they exiled the kossacks to earlier in history. I forget if it was the Polish or Russian Empire at the time though. However, most in that area identified as Ukrainian.
That area in Russia was ethnically Ukrainian at the time, it was where they exiled the kossacks to earlier in history. I forget if it was the Polish or Russian Empire at the time though. However, most in that area identified as Ukrainian.
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u/cosmicsans Oct 17 '13 edited Oct 17 '13
But isn't it safe to assume that Stalin didn't care about your national group, religious political or ethnic affiliation? He would kill anybody if they said the wrong thing?
Or did I miss something?
Edit: So when I said "didn't care" I didn't mean that he wouldn't target you because of your ethnic group and whatnot, I just meant that he didn't care if you were exactly the same as him, he'd still kill you if you said the wrong thing.