Prominent Victims of the Purges Flashcards
What was a show trial?
Trials whose outcome had already been determined and used as a form of propaganda
What were the huge labour camps used to raise in Russia?
Industry
Who were the three chief purgers?
Genrikh Yagoda
Nikolai Yezhov
Lavrenti Beria
Who was placed in a show trial after Kirov’s assassination and later executed?
Kamenev and Zinoviev
What was the most powerful organisation for enforcement of terror And when we’re they active?
The NKVD 1934-1943
Who refused to become leader of the NKVD and then died of a heart attack soon after?
Nestor Lakoba
What was the Gulag?
National network of labour camps
In 1937, the unified state police were officially allowed to use what method?
Torture
The commissar for heavy industry’s view of terror was…
He strongly opposed the terror and committed suicide when he realised what Stalin would do
Whose murder saw the start of the purges?
Kirov
What was the name given to the system of concentration camps?
Gulag
What was the “cult of personality”?
Stalin was praised for everything, even the spring. This was the “cult of personality
How many generals and admirals were purged?
81 out of 103
How many members of the Communist Party were purged?
1 million of 3 million members of the Communist Party were purged.
How many ordinary Russians were sent to concentration camps?
20 million Russians were sent to concentration camp.
