He wasn't - he remained in power until his death in 1953.
The purges were directed against real and imaginary enemies of Stalin.
In 1935 Joseph Stalin began the great purge of Soviet citizens. However, you might also hear that he started them in 1934.
Stalin's enemies were often punished, by being physically and emotionally embarresed by being drug out of office beaten, and ordered to be killed
Joseph Stalin in 1936-38 By Dustin Wood
It was called the Big Purge. Stalin's reign of terror is referred to as the Great Terror or the Great Purge.
He wanted to get rid of all political opponents.
The Great Purge was a campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin from 1934 to 1939. It did not take place on a specific day.
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The large scale purgation, orchestrated by Joseph Stalin from 1936-1938, became known as "The Great Purge".