Vasily Blokhin, Stalin’s chief executioner, personally killed over 7,000 Polish prisoners in 28 nights during the Katyn Massacre. He killed in silence, hidden from the public eye — yet Vasily Blokhin’s body count is unmatched. Armed with a pistol and total impunity, he executed thousands, setting a world record for personal killings. This is the story of a man who treated murder as a profession, serving a regime that turned death into an instrument of power.
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