Sometimes they were called “Lishentsi”, sometimes they were called “land lords”, “Romanov lackies”, “the rich”, “the elite” or simply “the middle class”; no matter what the ruling Soviets labeled their preferred bogeymen, they wanted them out of the way. The attached article goes into some detail as to how this was done.
Read a 1945 article about the roots of Communism in Cuba
Additional magazine and newspaper articles about the Cold War may be read on this page.
soviet persecution of Romanov nobilitysoviet persecution of Lishentsisoviet persecution of rich merchantssoviet persecution of Christianssoviet persecution of aristocratssoviet persecution of white russianssoviet persecution of undesirable elements under stalinsoviet persecution of kulakssoviet persecution of ex-priestspassportization in 1930s USSR
soviet persecution of Romanov nobilitysoviet persecution of Lishentsisoviet persecution of rich merchantssoviet persecution of Christianssoviet persecution of aristocratssoviet persecution of white russianssoviet persecution of undesirable elements under stalinsoviet persecution of kulakssoviet persecution of ex-priestspassportization in 1930s USSR
