Stalin's personality, the Ryutin platform, the Congress of Victors and the murder of Kirov
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What were the benefits to Stalin of Kirov's death?
He had a pretext to purge anyone in the Party that he felt might be a threat and and opportunity to ensure the population was under his control
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What were the social impacts of the Terror?
Friends and family of the victims were likely to become victims themselves and social bonds of friendship breakdown due to fear
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What were the economic impacts of Terror?
Corruption and falsification production levels as managers fear failure to meet targets and a loss of skilled labour due to targeting of the intelligentsia
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What were the results of the Purges?
Lacklustre economy, decimation of the armed forces and social and political control of society
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Who took over control of the NKVD after Yezhov in 1938?
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