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70,000 protestors of this ethnicity hosted screenings of The Unforgettable Year 1919 and sang their anthem of “Dideba” before being suppressed in the March 9th (-5[1])Massacre. A minister of this (-5[1])ethnicity established sharashkas and was overthrown after a button in the Presidium was pressed. After a mock trial, that minister of this ethnicity was revealed to have sexually assaulted hundreds of women while head of the (*) NKVD. A red flag with a black and white box used (-5[1])for a Soviet republic of people of this ethnicity was replaced during the Rose (10[1])Revolution. A leader of this ethnicity born in Gori pursued “Socialism in One Country” by targeting the kulaks and enacted Five Year Plans after adopting a (10[1])name meaning “Man of (0[1])Steel.” For 10 points, name this ethnicity of Joseph Stalin. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Georgians [or Kartvelians or Kartvelebi; reject “Russians” or “Soviets”] (The minister in the second and third lines is Lavrentiy Beria.)
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