What caused the great terror?
really not detailed - i use it to rememember summary points :)
- Created by: Sophie
- Created on: 04-01-14 12:34
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- What caused the terror?
- Stalins paranoia
- Fuelled by yagoda who told stallin that the communist party did not think that stalin was wise anymore - led to stalin mistrusting his party
- Red army and secret police(ogpu) had too much power
- Stalin could not control the RA or OGPU
- feared assassination or being over thrown
- Stalin could not control the RA or OGPU
- Economic Terror
- 5YP were failing and he needed a scapegoat
- deflected the blame from stalin
- shakhty trial
- wreckers who sabotaged economic policies were put on trials 'show trials'
- show trials were trials that were almost like a play, the people had already been sentenced but it just made it look like they were given a chance
- gave stalin a cheap labour force who could build great things in his 5YP such as Manitogorsk
- white coal - slave labour
- 5YP were failing and he needed a scapegoat
- congress of victors
- Kirov gained more votes than stalin for central commitee seats (1200 / 900)
- stalin felt embarassed and betrayed by his party
- unwanted party members were removed (purged)
- stalin felt embarassed and betrayed by his party
- Kirov gained more votes than stalin for central commitee seats (1200 / 900)
- old communists knew about lenin not liking stalin
- didnt think they trusted him
- old party memebers were purged
- Kirov murdered
- gave stalin an excuse to hunt down the person who killed him
- old party memebers were purged
- gave stalin an excuse to hunt down the person who killed him
- Stalins paranoia
- Fuelled by yagoda who told stallin that the communist party did not think that stalin was wise anymore - led to stalin mistrusting his party
- riutin affair 1934
- undermined stalins authority and stalin wanted riutin murdered
- other communists fought for him to not be executed - kirov was one of these people
- Kirov murdered
- gave stalin an excuse to hunt down the person who killed him
- gave stalin an excuse to hunt down the person who killed him
- congress of victors
- Kirov gained more votes than stalin for central commitee seats (1200 / 900)
- stalin felt embarassed and betrayed by his party
- unwanted party members were removed (purged)
- stalin felt embarassed and betrayed by his party
- Kirov gained more votes than stalin for central commitee seats (1200 / 900)
- undermined stalins authority and stalin wanted riutin murdered
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