Stalin’s Terror (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards
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Gulags
Gulags
Forced labour camps
Yagoda became NKVD head when
Yagoda became NKVD head when
July 1934
Doctrine of sharpening class struggle meaning
Doctrine of sharpening class struggle meaning
As socialism advanced, class struggle intensified
Conveyor belt system purpose
Conveyor belt system purpose
Continuous interrogation in shifts for confessions
Yezhovshchina period
Yezhovshchina period
1937-1938
Yezhovshchina scale: arrests & executions
Yezhovshchina scale: arrests & executions
1.5M arrested, 680,000+ executed
Who replaced Yezhov in 1938
Who replaced Yezhov in 1938
Lavrentiy Beria
1944 Chechen deportation: deaths
1944 Chechen deportation: deaths
170,000 of 460,000 deported died
Beria's death significance
Beria's death significance
1953, marked end of Stalin's mass terror
Khrushchev 1959 on political prisoners
Khrushchev 1959 on political prisoners
No political prisoners, only unsound minds