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First Moscow Show Trial during Stalin's Great Purge
August 1936
Former close associate of Lenin & key Communist Party figure
Prominent Bolshevik & ally of Lenin
Treason, espionage, terrorism, plotting with Trotsky
Show trial - publicised, orchestrated, predetermined outcome
Through coercion & torture
All 16 defendants found guilty & sentenced to death
Shortly after the trial
Instilled fear, ensuring greater control for Stalin
Beginning of period where thousands would be purged
Enemies of the people must be destroyed like mad dogs
I am guilty of everything of which I am accused
No one was beyond his reach, even those close to Lenin
Eliminate rivals & consolidate power through fear
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