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Nov 22, 2023 inhistory

Rare 1950's photo of Vasily Blokhin, Joseph Stalin's head executioner, in old age. Having personally killed tens of thousands of people in his career, including 7,000 Polish officers in under a month during the "Katyn Massacre," Blokhin was the most prolific murderer in human history. (538 X 800)

Rare 1950's photo of Vasily Blokhin, Joseph Stalin's head executioner, in old age. Having personally killed tens of thousands of people in his career, including 7,000 Polish officers in under a month during the "Katyn Massacre," Blokhin was the most prolific murderer in human history. (538 X 800)

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