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Seventy years ago this November, Vladimir Lenin created the modern totalitarian state, transforming simpler forms of tyranny into history's most sophisticated apparatus of rule by terror.

Michael Johns

Seventy years ago this November, Vladimir Lenin created the modern totalitarian state, transforming simpler forms of tyranny into history's most sophisticated apparatus of rule by terror.

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About Michael Johns

Michael Johns may refer to:

Michael Johns (policy analyst) (born 1964), American business executive, federal government official, and writer
Michael Johns (singer) (1978–2014), Australian singer/songwriter
Michael M. E. Johns, American physician