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Soviet antiaircraft fire and searchlights punctuate the night sky over Moscow. Fear built below, leading to the October 16, 1941, day of the “Great Panic.” (Naum Granovsky/TASS via Getty Images)

Soviet antiaircraft fire and searchlights punctuate the night sky over Moscow. Fear built below, leading to the October 16, 1941, day of the “Great Panic.” (Naum Granovsky/TASS via Getty Images)