When the war ended victoriously for the Soviets. about half a million typical Russiansranging from peasants and workers to important Communistschose not to go back home. They were in effect voting against the Soviet setup. And they were not refugees in the old sense. but people who happened to find themselves outside their country by accident. as slave laborers and prisoners of war. They had not run away. but simply refused to return. The old refugees were not typical of the whole population. These new nonreturners represent a true cross section of their people. My point is that the masses of the U.
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