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Stalin was notoriously afraid of spies, Trotsky supporters, saboteurs, and generals undermining his power to overthrow him leading to the great purge of the 1930s. Was this a mental disorder like some suggest or was his fears based in reality?

by /u/Chicano_Ducky in /r/AskHistorians

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