Hang (hang without fail, so the people see) no fewer than one hundred known kulaks, rich men, bloodsuckers.

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As translated in Lenin : A Biography (2000) by Robert Service, p. 365.

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Hang (and make sure that the hanging takes place in full view of the people) no fewer than one hundred known landlords, rich men, bloodsuckers. ... Do it in such a fashion that for hundreds of kilometres around the people might see, tremble, know, shout: "they are strangling, and will strangle to death, the bloodsucking kulaks". || Hang at least 100 kulaks, execute the hostages, do it in such a way that people from hundreds of miles around will see and tremble.

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