Responsibility and Impact of the Terror (AQA A-Level History): Flashcards
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Year Yezhovshchina threatened Soviet stability
Year Yezhovshchina threatened Soviet stability
1938
NKVD chief who replaced Yezhov
NKVD chief who replaced Yezhov
Lavrentii Beria
Date of Trotsky's assassination
Date of Trotsky's assassination
August 1940
Trotsky's assassin
Trotsky's assassin
Ramon Mercader
Stalin's wife who committed suicide in 1932
Stalin's wife who committed suicide in 1932
Nadezhda Alliluyeva
Party members expelled 1936-1938
Party members expelled 1936-1938
850,000
Red Army officers shot/dismissed in purges
Red Army officers shot/dismissed in purges
Around 23,000
Red Army size: 1936 vs 1941
Red Army size: 1936 vs 1941
1 million to 5 million
Stalin's three key personality traits
Stalin's three key personality traits
Suspicious, vindictive, paranoid
Originator of 'enemy of the people' concept
Originator of 'enemy of the people' concept
Stalin
