Case Study: Stalin's Show Trials (Leaving Cert History): Flashcards
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Show trial definition
Show trial definition
Predetermined court proceeding for propaganda & forced confessions
Show trials were part of
Show trials were part of
Great Purge
Show trials timing
Show trials timing
Late 1930s
Sergei Kirov's role
Sergei Kirov's role
Communist Party leader in Leningrad
Kirov assassination date
Kirov assassination date
December 1, 1934
Kirov's assassin
Kirov's assassin
Leonid Nikolayev
Kirov's death marked beginning of
Kirov's death marked beginning of
Great Purge
Who was Nadezhda Alliluyeva?
Who was Nadezhda Alliluyeva?
Stalin's second wife (died by suicide 1932)
Nadezhda Alliluyeva death date
Nadezhda Alliluyeva death date
November 9, 1932
NKVD
NKVD
Soviet secret police agency (1934-1946)
NKVD operation period
NKVD operation period
1934 to 1946
Three NKVD leaders
Three NKVD leaders
Yagoda, Yezhov, Beria
Great Purge period
Great Purge period
1936-1938