19h 53min, jan 1, 1947 y - communist takeover in Poland
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Stalin had promised to set up a joint Communist/non-Communist government at Yalta, but then he invited 16 non-Communist leaders to Moscow and arrested them. Thousands of non-Communists were arrested, and the Communists won the 1947 election. The election was rigged.
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19h 53min, jan 1, 1947 y
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~ 77 years ago