i don't think the nkvd invented hating jews bro. the term "beyond the pale" actually comes from the russian empire regarding specific areas where jews were and weren't allowed to live. "the pale of settlement" was largely in eastern europe in the areas that would later become what snyder called the bloodlands. the word pogrom originated from massacres of jews within that region. there were pogroms in odessa in 1859, 1871, and almost yearly from 1881 to 1906.  that's not to say that jews are just innocent little angels who have never done anything wrong, but the idea that antisemetism in the region originated from the bolsheviks is pretty absurd
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