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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “Terrorism was called into existence by certain special conditions of the political struggle at a given historical…”

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Terrorism was called into existence by certain special conditions of the political struggle at a given historical moment.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin explains the historical context that led to the emergence of terrorism in Russia.

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