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NKVD Order No. 00447 (1937)
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30 Jul 1937 — In NKVD headquarters, Nikolai Yezhov signs Order No. 00447, the “kulak operation”, which set every region a quota of people to be shot and sent to camps; regional chiefs repeatedly asked for higher limits. The show trials of 1936–38 were staged nearby in the House of Unions.
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- The Soviet Union under Stalin, 1924–1953
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