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3 unusual facts about Aleksandr Mikhailovich Orlov


Aleksandr Mikhailovich Orlov

Orlov worked for several years at the Bolshevik High Tribunal under the tutelage of Nikolai Krylenko.

José Robles

Rather, it was suggested that he was among many sincere left-wingers (for example, Andrés Nin) killed by Soviet NKVD agents, led by Alexander Orlov, for their independent stance at the time.

When Berzin disputed with NKVD official Aleksandr Mikhailovich Orlov about the relative priority to be given to preserving the military efficiency of Spanish Republican forces vs. conducting NKVD purges of Spanish Anarchists, POUM etc., and lost the favor of Stalin as a result, then Robles' knowledge of behind-the-scenes Soviet maneuverings in Spain became highly inconvenient to the Soviets.



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