Who was known for targeting and killing educated intellectuals in order to protect his political position?
a. nikita khrushchev
b. czar nicholas ii
c. joseph stalin
d. vyacheslav molotov

The correct option is: "C. Joseph Stalin "

Stalin did not invent anything in terms of repression, he simply continued with the Bolshevik work where Vladimir Lenin left it, whose successful coup d'etat in 1917 was followed by the creation of the "Extraordinary Commission of struggle against sabotage and counter-revolution", commonly known as Czech.

From 1930 the so-called Great Purge or Great Terror of Stalin was unleashed. Hundreds of thousands of members of the Soviet Communist Party, socialists, anarchists and opponents were persecuted, tried and, finally, banished, imprisoned or executed in gulags concentration camps.

latin america is a region of racial and cultural diversity.  it is a group of countries and dependencies in the americas where romance languages are predominant. the term originated in 19th century france as amérique latine to consider french-speaking territories in the americas along with the larger group of countries where spanish and portuguese languages prevailed.

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