The Great Terror
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- The Great Terror (1936 // 1938)
- Trial of the sixteen
- Trial of the seventeen
- 1937
- trotskys former allies
- charges were based upon plotting with foreign allies, terrorism, sabotage amd contact with trotsky
- trotskys former allies
- 1937
- NKVD
- Between 1936 and 1937 there was a regeneration of the NKVD
- Yagoda was replaced by Yezhov
- new less restraine agents were brought in - more radical
- Yagoda was replaced by Yezhov
- Yagoda
- Yagoda was replaced by Yezhov
- new less restraine agents were brought in - more radical
- stalin didnt trust yagoda and felt he was firm enough
- tought in the trial of the 16 yagoda had allowed tomsky to commit suicide before his trial could go through
- yezhov played on stalins suspicions and made stalin get rid of yagoda, leaving yezshov to take over
- yagoda was sentenced to death in the trial of 21
- trial of the twenty one
- 1938
- trial of bukharin and rykov and their accomplaices
- accused of attempting to overthrow socialism / murder of kirov
- trial of bukharin and rykov and their accomplaices
- 1938
- trial of the twenty one
- yagoda was sentenced to death in the trial of 21
- Yagoda was replaced by Yezhov
- After Yagoda was removed stalin announced that the NKVD were 4 years behind and targets for arrests were set this meant many party members who still showed loyalty to bukharin were purged
- purges and mass mrder were now a target to be reached, the purges were targetted at wiping out newer members who showed unreliable elements - this period was known as 'YEZOHVSHCHINA'
- Like teh 5YP targets were overfulfilled
- in 1934 to 38 330,000 party members convicted of being enemies of the people and in june 1937 8 army generals were tried and 34,000 soldiers purged
- mass murder which is comparible to that of a major war
- NKVD Order no.00447
- demanded the removal of anti soviet elements
- a list of 250,000 people was produced
- led to thousands of russians denouncing their friends and family in order to appear loyal to stalin and avoid becoming an enemy of the people
- a list of 250,000 people was produced
- demanded the removal of anti soviet elements
- NKVD Order no.00447
- mass murder which is comparible to that of a major war
- in 1934 to 38 330,000 party members convicted of being enemies of the people and in june 1937 8 army generals were tried and 34,000 soldiers purged
- Between 1936 and 1937 there was a regeneration of the NKVD
- 1936
- Trial of the sixteen
- both zinoviev and kamenev were shot after the trial
- 43 other high ranking communists 'dissappeared' around this time, with no trial
- Zinoviev and Zaminev along with 14 other comrades had been in prison for a year before the trial
- 1936
- both zinoviev and kamenev were shot after the trial
- 43 other high ranking communists 'dissappeared' around this time, with no trial
- both zinoviev and kamenev were shot after the trial
- 1936
- charged with Kirov murder (murdered December 1934)
- Zinoviev and Zaminev along with 14 other comrades had been in prison for a year before the trial
- Zinoviev and Zaminev along with 14 other comrades had been in prison for a year before the trial
- also charged witnh plotting to disrupt the 5YP and trying to overthrow the government
- charged with Kirov murder (murdered December 1934)
- charged with Kirov murder (murdered December 1934)
- Trial of the seventeen
- 1937
- trotskys former allies
- charges were based upon plotting with foreign allies, terrorism, sabotage amd contact with trotsky
- trotskys former allies
- 1937
- yezhovs conveyor belt system of interrogation was first seen here : torture / sleep deprovation / questioning
- 13 were killed / 4 sent to gulags
- trial of the twenty one
- 1938
- trial of bukharin and rykov and their accomplaices
- accused of attempting to overthrow socialism / murder of kirov
- trial of bukharin and rykov and their accomplaices
- 1938
- bukharin was charged of trying to assassinate lenin
- bukharin confessed to political responsibility but did not accept guilt for any of the events that actually happened
- bukharin was never tortured stalin just threatened to execute his wife and baby
- bukharin was charged of trying to assassinate lenin
- bukharin confessed to political responsibility but did not accept guilt for any of the events that actually happened
- bukharin was charged of trying to assassinate lenin
- bukharin and rykov were shot - they did not grovel or weep they stood up cursing stalin
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