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An atmosphere of extreme tension reigned during this period; it was necessary to act without mercy. I think that it was justified. If Tukhachevsky, Y… - Vyacheslav Molotov
" "An atmosphere of extreme tension reigned during this period; it was necessary to act without mercy. I think that it was justified. If Tukhachevsky, Yakir, Rykov and Zinoviev had started up their opposition in wartime, there would have been an extremely difficult struggle; the number of victims would have been colossal. Colossal. The two sides would have been condemned to disaster. They had links that went right up to Hitler. That far. Trotsky had similar links, without doubt. Hitler was an adventurist, as was Trotsky, they had traits in common. And the rightists, Bukharin and Rykov, had links with them. And, of course, many of the military leaders.
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About Vyacheslav Molotov
Vyacheslav Molotov (Russian: Вячесла́в Миха́йлович Мо́лотов), Vjačeslav Mihajlovič Molotov, (9 March 1890 {February 25 O.S.} – 8 November 1986), was a Soviet politician and diplomat and a leading government figure from the 1920s, when he rose to power as a protégé of Joseph Stalin, to the 1950s, when he was dismissed from office by Nikita Khrushchev. He was the principal Soviet signatory of the 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, also known as the German-Soviet Non-aggression Pact.
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Native Name:
Вячеслав Михайлович Скрябин
Alternative Names:
Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov
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Vyacheslav Mixaylovich Molotov
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Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov
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