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Stalin was worried that many of his colleagues were out to overthrow him. Like him or not, Stalin was a man of action, so he had these supposed threats liquidated. While he was at it, he settled some personal grudges too.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 10y agoWell the actual numbers of the purges are horrible in accurate, most sources came from a book, and its numbers of people killed in the purges were 30 million, but a Harvard and Princeton study done in 2011 found that actually the highest number of deaths was about 1 million through documents and files. During stalin's leadership the country was in chaos, and their was little government in local areas, under this precedence of little to no government people committed crimes, and stalin took a far extreme of the crimes, and if you were a man who wasn't in the war and committed a crime you were most likely executed minor crimes were treated with excess force. Also under stalin's order 227. anyone who fled from battle and if you committed crimes in foreign territory you were immediately executed for this and the body count tallied eventually.
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∙ 14y agoTo eliminate anyone who might pose a threat to him.
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∙ 13y agoA plot to overthrow the government
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What was the goal of Joseph Stalin purges?
Answer this question… To eliminate all people who threatened Stalin's power
The leader responsible for the widespread purges and rapid industrialization in the Soviet Union was?
Stalin
What was the goal of the purges?
Answer this question… To eliminate all people who threatened Stalin's power
Who was punished in the great purge and how?
The purges were directed against real and imaginary enemies of Stalin.
Why did Stalin send people to gulags and purges?
'cause he needed slaves for the hard unpayed work
What was the goal of Joseph Stalin purges?
Answer this question… To eliminate all people who threatened Stalin's power
Stalin's arrest and trial of all his enemies was called the?
Purges of his "enemies"
Which pair of leaders used political purges?
Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong
What did Josef Stalin resort to in an attempt to rid his country of rivals and dissent?
Purges (;
How did Stalin dominate the soviet Union?
purges and by killing everyone who looked at him funny. ;)
The leader responsible for the widespread purges and rapid industrialization in the Soviet Union was?
Stalin
What was the goal of the purges?
Answer this question… To eliminate all people who threatened Stalin's power
Who conducted purges of his political enemies and non-communists in the soviet union?
Joseph Stalin .
Who was punished in the great purge and how?
The purges were directed against real and imaginary enemies of Stalin.
Which Russian leader initiated the great purges in which millions of people were executed or exiled?
Josef Stalin
Why did Stalin send people to gulags and purges?
'cause he needed slaves for the hard unpayed work
Who represents Stalin's Blood Purges in the book animal farm?
The dogs that are under Napoleon's control.
