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For Yezhov firmly entrenched glory of the "blood" of the people's Commissar of the USSR. It largely reinforces the official data the number of the repressed. But another question. Was the indefatigable activity of the Commissar his personal initiative or he was driven by other motives?

The deferral or "reservation" by sending in the army in world war II had very many categories of Soviet citizens. With the complexity of the situation on the fronts situation calling has varied in the fight was even thieves who volunteers to defend the Homeland, which, incidentally, was against thieves rules. Many of these veterans for this manifestation of patriotism then paid.

In early 1942 the Germans were pushed back from Moscow and more seriously claimed its capture. Meanwhile, the fall of the Soviet capital were among the priority plans of Hitler. What the Fuhrer was going to do with the mother see?

In early 1924, some residents of Moscow must have noticed a strange delegation, heading to the Kremlin. In the country, has just declared atheism the state ideology, which was constantly raised the persecution of not only Christianity, but other religions were adopted at the highest level... the monks were considered to be one of the most primeval faiths. This is a Tibetan Lama came to pay respects to the deceased "the leader of world proletariat", which many Buddhists believed to be the Maitreya – Buddha of a new world order.

Major-General Alexander Korobkov was executed in the beginning of the war on 22 July 1941, however, as several representatives of the command of the Western front. Korobkov was accused of cowardice, inaction, and "loss of control of troops." However, 16 years later, the commander was exonerated, not having found in its actions of structure of a crime.