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2010-11-17 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Steve White 2010-11-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 The butchery of medical doctors was the last Stalinist purge, when he died on the operating table. His chief of secret police died shortly after that.

Though he was probably just shot, the story that leaked out at the time was that he was summoned to a closed door meeting of the Politburo, and his bodyguards were ordered to remain outside. Then he was disarmed, and the other Politburo members beat him to death with their shoes. A lot.

The bottom line was that just before his heart surgery, Stalin had planned to hold yet another massive purge that would have killed tens to hundreds of thousands. It was one purge too far.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-11-17 08:39|| 2010-11-17 08:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Um, with all due respect, Stalin is widely believed to have died from a cerebral hemorrhage at his dacha. Of course, there will always be speculation that there was some other cause. But everything I ever read about him says cerebral hemorrhage.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-11-17 15:04|| 2010-11-17 15:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Although, when you're as paranoid as he was and responsible for as many deaths as he was, it's probably only natural that you would also be a little leery of doctors. Maybe if he'd gone for regular check ups he would have lived longer.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-11-17 15:08|| 2010-11-17 15:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Look guys! I can be as big a thug as pops and gramps!!

Posted by tu3031 2010-11-17 19:16|| 2010-11-17 19:16|| Front Page Top

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