"Later, as the Great Purge continued, the NKVD came to interrogate and arrest Budyonny; Budyonny's response was to arm himself with his service Nagant M1895 revolver and call Stalin to demand he have the agents removed."
It's funny how many competent officers in the red army were purged, meanwhile this dude had the military mind of a French knight at Agincourt yet survived until 1973 (age 90)
If a small, war torn, barely industrial, nation can murder 2 million people in 10 years then a heavily industrialized, war ready, European Empire can murder 6 million in 6 years
