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Become a patron of the show and help me make even more great episodes! \nDonate by visiting www.patreon.com/trucepodcast\n\nAfter the fall of the Romanov dynasty, Russia fell into the hands of the Bolshevik political party. They led the country into one of the darkest chapters in world history when religious people and dissidents were targeted, imprisoned, and murdered. This history is hard to hear but important for us to know.\nOur special guest this episode is Felix Corley of www.forum18.org.\nIn this episode, we discuss why Vladimir Lenin persecuted Christians and how Joseph Stalin instituted a policy of fear in the Soviet Union.\nHelpful Links:\n\nForum 18\n\n\nArticle about the poem "First They Came"\n\n\nThe Gulag Archipelago by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn\n\nAn interesting article about former Soviet countries\n\n\nTopics discussed:\n\nWhy did Vladimir Lenin hate Christians?\n\nPersecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia\n\nPersecution of Muslims in Russia\n\nHow many people did Joseph Stalin kill?\n\nNikita Khrushchev\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices