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December 20, 2010

Miscellaneous Lenin

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1907 - A stagecoach robbery organized by Vladimir Lenin and Joseph
Stalin killed an estimated 40 people and netted approximately 250,000
rubles. Ten years later ...

1917 – Vladimir Lenin issued a decree establishing the Cheka, the
first Soviet secret police.

Source: Wikipedia

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