Purges under Yaezhov 1937-1938
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- Created on: 04-04-13 15:43
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- Purges under Yezhov
- Society
- Arrest Lists: 250,000+
- Scientists, artists, writers, musicians, administrators managers & historisns
- Accused of leading terrorist groups
- Random arrests
- People terrified & accused others
- 28% shot & 72% spent 10 years in gulags
- De-stablilised society as people blame one-another, spiraling out of control.
- Arrests between 11am & 3am knock on house doors
- "House on fire"
- take them all away to a "safe place to stay"
- Forced to confess against Stalin.
- Many died in prison, as they were shot or dying from torture
- Arrest Lists: 250,000+
- The Army
- All but 1 air force
- All civil war heroes & all 11 war Commissars
- 3/5 Marchals
- 25,000 officers imprisoned or shot but 11,000 reinstated
- All USSR party & State Leaders charged of treason
- People in any association arrested
- Collegues
- friends
- Family (relatives)
- Members of groups arrested, imprisoned or shot
- However most peasants died during collectivisation
- Anyone with contact abroad
- Comintern Agents
- Diplomats
- Foreign Trade Officials
- Railwaymen
- Sportsmen
- Former menshoviks
- Socialists
- Revolutionists
- Priests
- People in the media
- Members of groups arrested, imprisoned or shot
- However most peasants died during collectivisation
- The Party
- 98/139 members at Central Committee arrested & shot 70%
- 1108/1966 arrested in Congress
- Denunciations directed towards the top.
- the top denounced lower members as were anxious
- Encouraged lower-ranking members to criticize & denounce higher positions.
- Flood of accusations
- Denunciations directed towards the top.
- the top denounced lower members as were anxious
- Party members 'unmasked' for:
- Being in Bukharin's right in 1920's
- Authorising concessions to peasants in 1925
- A flood of denounced Colleagues
- Settling scores
- Deflect blame
- get their job
- Society
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