show trials and the great purges
-Show Trials were Stalin's way of staying in power.
-show Trails were used by stalin to imprison people who stalin felt threatened by.
-people were often sent to Gulags to die.
-the great purge was a series of murders committed by stalin in order to remain in power.
-Often put on trial “show trials” forced to admit they had done it (under duress)
-Stalin formed a secret police called the NKVD to remove threats
-show Trails were used by stalin to imprison people who stalin felt threatened by.
-people were often sent to Gulags to die.
-the great purge was a series of murders committed by stalin in order to remain in power.
-Often put on trial “show trials” forced to admit they had done it (under duress)
-Stalin formed a secret police called the NKVD to remove threats
summary
The Great Purge was a series of campaigns of political repression and murder in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin from 1937 to 1938. Stalin feared being overthrown or
having a counter-revolution.
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