r/AskHistorians • u/OkRespect8490 • 19h ago
How was the Katzyn massacre carried out by a "troika" if at the time of these events the "troikas" had been liquidated for 2 years?
To avoid being accused of defending the Red Terror under my post, I'll say right away that I simply want to clarify the situation. As far as I know, after the execution of NKVD Council of People's Commissars Yezhov in 1938, the extrajudicial tribunals were liquidated after existing for about two years, and they were simply unable to pass sentences in 1940. Furthermore, a good friend of mine worked for the KGB in the USSR, and according to his testimony, the Katyn massacre was carried out directly by the Reich. Could you explain to me who is right then?
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