Execute
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For a whole host of reasons 1935 was shaping up to be a good year to execute 850k potentially-troublesome people and imprison another million, so even though Stalin knew it was a lie he took the opportunity to claim that Kirov had been assassinated by 'rightist elements' to justify doing so.
Source: Government Conspiracy
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