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On This Day: Six high-ranking members of the Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign... (1940)

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On March 5, 1940: Six high-ranking members of the Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, in what will become known as the Katyn massacre....

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