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First he put on a leather cap. Then he put on a leather apron, long down to his knees. Finally he put on brown leather gloves with cuffs above the elbows – I saw the executioner. This is how General Dmitry Tokarev, head of the District Directorate of the NKVD in Kalinin, talked about his first meeting with Vasily Blokhin. ▶️ Listen on RMF ON: https://www.rmfon.pl/podcasty/misja-s... Listen to the stories that moved the whole world! World War II, the assassination attempt on the Pope, mass suicide in Jonestown in Guyana, military secrets and spy mysteries, we have collected for you in one series. This is our Special Mission! Photo. Vasily Blokhin: Wikimedia Commons