Twenty-five thousand persons in Leningrad, who engage in trade, classified as. “Nepmen,” will be evicted from their homes by September 1, 1929 states a report of the Leningrad paper, “Krasnaya Gazetta.”
The Nepmen lived in houses which were nationalized. Their removal was declared necessary to make room for workmen in need of houses.
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