Secret police given the powers in monitoring and dealing with any disloyalty and deserters of the Red Army
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Card 9
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Red Army started to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans. In these areas, Beria set up special Departments to root out traitors, deserters and cowards
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The Trial of Joseph Brodsky: a poet who was arrested and expelled from the SU because he was accused of 'parasitism'
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The Trial of Anderi Sinyavsky and Yuli Daniel: both had written short novels which depicted life in the SU as harsh and surreal. Sentenced to time in prison, which sent a clear warning to others.
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Measures had succeeded ini keeping the dissident groups small and divided
