Latsis claims: “The kulaks compelled the rest of the peasants to take part in these revolts by promises, slander, and threats.”10 But what could have been more laden with promises than the slogans of the Committees of the Poor? And what could have been more loaded with threats than the machine guns of the Special Purpose Detachments, the CHON?
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