> On Nov 9, 2025, at 12:41, Michael Pugliese via groups.io > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 9, 2025 at 6:52 AM Mark Baugher via groups.io <http://groups.io/> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> It looks like there was a campaign against foreign communists, but I don't >> know of any evidence of a quota or even a plan that emanated from Stalin. >> >> Mark > > Scroll through Enemies within the Gates? The Comintern and the Stalinist > Repression, 1934–1939 > <https://annas-archive.org/md5/1a809a1ecff6f14041b6b03ced0e8dea> I went through three of your references and saw nothing about a (1) quota on the assassination of foreign communists in the USSR, or (2) any evidence that Stalin set such a quota. "Some Comintern members internalized and acted on Stalin’s theories about the infiltration of foreign spies into Soviet society, supplying the Soviet police with information that led to the exile or execution of imigris. Thousands of other imigris also became victims of the purges. "
One might argue that Stalin *indirectly* caused the execution of foreign communists by leading a national pogrom against suspect nationalities within the boundaries of the Soviet Union, according the reference in Michael's note: "According to historian Oleg Khlevniuk <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Khlevniuk>, Stalin became concerned about rearguard uprisings that were seen in the Spanish Civil War <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War> and believed that "nationalities of foreign governments" posed a threat in border regions, even if they were Soviet citizens whose ancestors had sometimes lived decades or centuries in the areas controlled by the Soviet Union." Mark -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#39197): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/39197 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/116179785/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
