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The Great Purge in Soviet Russia (1936–1938)

The Great Purge in Soviet Russia (1936–1938)

  1. Stalin frames Kirov murder as a conspiracy

    Labels: Sergei Kirov, Soviet security

  3. Convictions and executions after first show trial

    Labels: First Show, Soviet courts

  4. Yezhov replaces Yagoda as NKVD chief

    Labels: Genrikh Yagoda, Nikolai Yezhov

  5. Second Moscow Show Trial convicts more officials

    Labels: Second Show, Soviet prosecution

  7. Bukharin and Rykov arrested by Soviet authorities

    Labels: Nikolai Bukharin, Alexei Rykov

  8. Red Army leadership hit in secret military case

    Labels: Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Red Army

  9. NKVD Order 00447 launches mass "kulak" operation

    Labels: NKVD Order, Troikas

  10. NKVD Order 00485 begins the "Polish Operation"

    Labels: NKVD Order, Polish Operation

  11. NKVD Order 00486 targets families of the accused

    Labels: NKVD Order, Relatives policy

  12. Third Moscow Show Trial reaches top party veterans

    Labels: Third Show, Bukharin

  13. Death sentences issued in final show trial

    Labels: Final Show, Death sentences

  14. Government decree formally ends mass NKVD operations

    Labels: Government decree, Communist Party

  15. Beria succeeds Yezhov as NKVD head

    Labels: Lavrentiy Beria, Nikolai Yezhov

  16. Order 00762 implements the end of purge "operations"

    Labels: NKVD Order, Administrative order