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Lazar Kaganovich (1893–1991), a Soviet politician and close associate of Joseph Stalin, died on July 25, 1991. Born to a Jewish family in Ukraine, Kaganovich held several high-ranking positions in the Soviet government over his career. Kaganovich was hea...

Soviet-Era Famines Under Bolshevik Rule Between 1930 and 1933, a series of mass famines occurred across the Soviet Union following Bolshevik policies of forced collectivization, grain requisition, and political repression. The most severe famine ...

Alexander Orlov, born Lev Lazarevich Feldbin on 21 August 1895 in Bobruisk, was a Soviet NKVD officer from an Orthodox Jewish family. He later operated under several aliases, including Lev Nikolsky and Alexander Orlov. Alexander Orlov was the principal n...