One of the first Leninist decrees was to order the use of [[terrorism]] and mass executions against the civilian population to enforce compliance with the new [[leftist]] regime.<ref>https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/archives/ad2kulak.html</ref>
To enforce compliance for example, three mass graves existed in the [[Ukrainian]] town of Vinnitsa containing between 9,000 and 11,000 bodies. One grave site was in the People's Park near the town square. The so-called "secret police" hardly tried to keep secret its crimes as a method of intimidation against dissenters of the [[socialistSocialist]] system.
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