Causes of the Great Terror- Stalin

Communist party

• congress of Victor's intented to be a celebration of Stalin's economic achievements
• Kirov rather than Stalin won in the electrion of central committee
• group of Bolsh asked Kirov to stand as General secretary- refused
• Stalin found out as said they were not to be trusted= purges

Stalin's Paranoia

• unable to trust anyone-removed potential threats- believed he had many enemies
• Trotsky, Zinoviev & Bukharin all had great power and had fallen- thought same could happen to him
• didn't believe party were…