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organization's quick unchecked expansion, especially in its moscow offices, was initially masked by the successes of the seasons. [ ] however, the season of , through a combination of unrealistic plans, bad weather and bad luck, proved a disaster. [ ] twenty-five of ships dispatched on the route (many of them not
trapped with crews and cargoes in the arctic winter; one, rabochiy, sank. [ ] the débâcle, which coincided with the great purge of , led to a string of arrests; at least [ ] glavsevmorput personnel were arrested in a domino-effect nkvd operation. the oversized organization was streamlined and stripped...
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