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The 'Dedovshchina' in the Soviet Union was (and is) an extreme trend of hazing that resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of innocent soldiers due to a flaw in the government's conscription practices. Did any other members of the Warsaw Pact see anything similar?

by /u/Flowers818 in /r/AskHistorians

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