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December 27, 1929

On December 27, 1929, soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class". John Turner, John Turner, John Turner would arrive in the same year.

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1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1929th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 929th year of the 2nd millennium, the 29th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1920s decade.

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On December 27, 1929

  1. 1929 Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class".

    Highest political position in the Soviet Union

    The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was the leader of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). From 1924 until the country's dissolution in 1991, the officeholder was the recognized leader of the Soviet Union. Prior to Joseph Stalin's accession, the position was not viewed as an important role in Vladimir Lenin's government and previous occupants had been responsible for technical rather than political decisions.

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John Turner 1929– Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (died 2020)
John Turner 1929– Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (died 2020)
John Turner 1929– Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (died 2020)
John Turner 1929– Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (died 2020)

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