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| | | A Small Way of Saying "No": Moscow Working Men, Spartak Soccer, and the Communist Party, 19001945 | The ... |
 | | Spartak, on the other hand, was always the beloved favorite of Muscovite, and later Soviet, fans, a status it maintained despite dramatic ups and downs on the playing field. |
 | | Spartak fans saw themselves as ordinary folk and called Spartak "the people's team." Dinamo also drew some support from workers, as well as thousands of white-collar employees of the Ministry of Interior, but it was primarily the team of the policeone of the most privileged sectors of society under Joseph Stalin. |
 | | Spartak therefore, cannot be understood without examining the role of the Starostins, particularly the eldest, Nikolai, and Andrei. |
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