The NKVD, Gulag and show trials (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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What does NKVD stand for?
What does NKVD stand for?
People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs
What Gulags were
What Gulags were
Forced labour camps
Three mechanisms of Stalin's terror system
Three mechanisms of Stalin's terror system
NKVD, Gulags, show trials
Year NKVD was created
Year NKVD was created
1934
How NKVD decided who to arrest
How NKVD decided who to arrest
Based on quotas, not evidence
NKVD's 'conveyor system'
NKVD's 'conveyor system'
Repeated interrogation to break prisoners mentally & physically
Power of 3-man NKVD teams from 1935
Power of 3-man NKVD teams from 1935
Decide guilt without legal process
Legal rights in NKVD trials
Legal rights in NKVD trials
None - no defence lawyers, trials, or appeals
Year of Kirov's murder
Year of Kirov's murder
1934
Consequence of Kirov murder for NKVD head
Consequence of Kirov murder for NKVD head
He was executed
Estimated deaths in Gulags
Estimated deaths in Gulags
Around 2 million people
Location of Gulag camps
Location of Gulag camps
Harsh northern & eastern regions of USSR
Timeframe of show trials
Timeframe of show trials
1936-38
Who faced show trials
Who faced show trials
High-profile leading party members
How show trial confessions were obtained
How show trial confessions were obtained
Torture, threats to family, psychological breakdown