The Archive · 1937

Wave of Executions in Soviet Russia

Moscow, Oct. 2.

The were of executions of "spies, saboteurs and nationalists" continues to sweep over the Soviet Union with unabated force. It was stated here to-day that within the past 24 hours 31 employees of the Leninergo power works in Leningrad had been executed after being convicted of sabot-behalf of a neighbouring country," while-in the Central Asiatic Republic of Turkmenistan, sixteen workers employed by the Cheleken iodine factory have been executed for "nationalist activities."—Trans-Ocean.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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