The purges (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
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Stalin's purges: timeframe
Stalin's purges: timeframe
1934-1941
Definition of Stalin's purges
Definition of Stalin's purges
Systematic campaign to eliminate threats to his power
Kirov's assassination date
Kirov's assassination date
December 1934
% party members expelled 1933
% party members expelled 1933
18%
Purpose of show trials
Purpose of show trials
Force confessions from Old Bolsheviks to justify terror
Old Bolsheviks identity
Old Bolsheviks identity
Original revolutionaries who worked with Lenin
Stalin's scapegoats for economy
Stalin's scapegoats for economy
'Wreckers' and 'saboteurs'
Mass terror leader 1937-38
Mass terror leader 1937-38
Nikolai Yezhov (NKVD)
People in Gulags by 1941
People in Gulags by 1941
8 million
Military impact of purges
Military impact of purges
Weakened defence; experienced officers removed
Stalin's claim after Kirov death
Stalin's claim after Kirov death
Massive conspiracy led by Trotsky
Stalin's power after purges
Stalin's power after purges
Absolute control over party & Soviet Union
How show trial confessions obtained
How show trial confessions obtained
Torture and threats to families