It was to persecute members of the Communist party and the Red Army leadership. Orchestrated by Stalin between 1936-38, it also involved widespread repression of peasants.
Russification
In order to eliminate all competition, Stalin carried out a purge of the Red Army as well as a purge of the communist party in the 1930's. Stalin sent police throughout Russia to requisition food and put areas back under control.
The Great Terror or The Great Purge.
To eliminate enemies of the regime and dissidents, to eliminate potential rivals in the ruling elite, to ensure complacency of the terrorized population, to divert attention from the failings of the state, to satisfy his own sociopathic tendencies. People in Russia are still arguing/guessing.
10,000,000
Russification
The Great Purge was a campaign to eliminate any opposition to Stalin's power in the Soviet Union. This campaign of oppression included the purging of the Communist Party and its officials. This occurred during the 1930s.
In order to eliminate all competition, Stalin carried out a purge of the Red Army as well as a purge of the communist party in the 1930's. Stalin sent police throughout Russia to requisition food and put areas back under control.
In order to eliminate all competition, Stalin carried out a purge of the Red Army as well as a purge of the communist party in the 1930's. Stalin sent police throughout Russia to requisition food and put areas back under control.
In order to eliminate all competition, Stalin carried out a purge of the Red Army as well as a purge of the communist party in the 1930's. Stalin sent police throughout Russia to requisition food and put areas back under control.
it was a purge
In order to eliminate all competition, Stalin carried out a purge of the Red Army as well as a purge of the communist party in the 1930's. Stalin sent police throughout Russia to requisition food and put areas back under control.
Thousands of people from the Communist Party died in the Great Purge.
Thousands of people from the Communist Party died in the Great Purge.
Josef Stalin
it was bad
genocide