Mass Terror and Repression at Central Level (AQA A-Level History): Flashcards
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Yezhovshchina
Yezhovshchina
Period of Great Purge under NKVD chief Yezhov, 1937-38
Trial of 17 date
Trial of 17 date
January 1937
Main charge in Trial of 17
Main charge in Trial of 17
Conspiracy with Trotsky to sabotage Soviet industry
Marshal executed in June 1937 purge
Marshal executed in June 1937 purge
Mikhail Tukhachevsky
% of officer corps purged in 1937
% of officer corps purged in 1937
Approximately 50 per cent
Trial of 21 date
Trial of 21 date
March 1938
Key defendant in Trial of 21
Key defendant in Trial of 21
Nikolai Bukharin
How show trial confessions obtained
How show trial confessions obtained
Torture, threats to family, psychological pressure
What broke Bukharin's resistance
What broke Bukharin's resistance
Threats to his young wife and infant son
% of party members purged by end 1938
% of party members purged by end 1938
A third