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From Russia I didn't bring out a single happy memory, only sad, tragic ones. The nightmare of pogroms, the brutality of Cossacks charging young Socialists, fear, shrieks of terror.

Golda Meir

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Golda Meir
Age: 80 †
Born: 1898
Born: May 3
Died: 1978
Died: December 8
Former Prime Minister Of Israel
Politician
Teacher
Kiev
Golda Meyerson
Golda Mabovich
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Terror
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Russia
Pogroms
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