Reasons for Purges Flashcards by Joe Driver | Brainscape

Q

Name 2 Reasons regarding Stalin for the purges

A

Stalin’s personality - deeply suspicious and paranoid

Stalin’s motives - threatened by opposition, wanted absolute power

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Name 3 other reasons for the purges

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problems within the party
economic difficulties
social instability
the position of the NKVD
the Gulag
threat from Germany

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