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प्रश्न
Why did Aksionov give up sending petitions?
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उत्तर
Aksionov’s wife came to visit him. She informed me that her petition for clemency had been turned down. She asked him if he had done it. Realizing that his wife also suspected him, Aksionov gave up sending petitions to the Tsar.
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