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Monday, November 15, 2021

Two Marshals

Marshals Semyon Budyonny and Kliment Voroshilov meet one day in 1937.

"Have you heard, Semyon?" asks Voroshilov. "The NKVD seems to be arresting anyone, no matter what. What will happen? Are we next?"

"Don't worry, it has nothing to do with us. They're only going after smart ones.

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