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Deportations, ethnic
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Deportations, ethnic
DEPORTATIONS, ETHNIC were mass forced exiles of certain ethnic groups by the Soviet Government in the 1930-40s. The expulsion of 100 families of German colonists from Prigorodny District of Leningrad Region occurred during collectivization on 20
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Finns
FINNS, an ethnic community forming a part of the St. Petersburg population. The Finnish language is related to the Finno-Ugrian group of Uralic languages. Their faith is Lutheran
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Germans
GERMANS, an ethnic community forming a part of the St. Petersburg population. German language is related to the Germanic group of Indo-European languages. Their religion is Lutheran (amongst the St. Petersburg population up to 90%) and Catholic
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Political Persecution
POLITICAL PERSECUTION refers to large-scale punitive measures organized by the Soviet Government from October 1917 on with a purpose of physical removal of real or potential political opponents
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Stalin I.V. (1878-1953), revolutionary, statesman
STALIN (real name Dzhugashvili) Iosif Vissarionovich (1879 (according to other sources, 1878) - 1953), Soviet statesman and party figure. Hero of Socialist Labour (1939), Hero of the Soviet Union (1945), Generalissimo of the Soviet Union (1945)
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