(Short) Victims of Great Terror + Yezhovschina Flashcards
Members of the Central Committee at the 17th Party Congress
Around 70% arrested and shot
Delegates to the 17th Party Congress
1108 of 1966 delegates arrested and shot
How were old Bolsheviks, on both the left and right, removed?
through show trials
How were leaders of national republics removed?
Charged with treason or other offences and removed
In Georgia, how many state prime ministers lost their post?
2 Georgian state prime ministers
In Georgia, how many regional Party secretaries lost their post?
four out of five regional Party secretaries
In Georgia, how many lesser officials lost their post?
thousands of lesser officials
How many people from minority ethnic groups were put on trial? How many of these were Poles?
350,000 ethnic minority people - 140,000 of these were Poles
In the armed forces, how many senior generals were shot?
8
In the armed forces, how many marshals were shot?
3/5 marshalls
In the armed forces, how many war commissars were shot?
all eleven
In the armed forces, how many admirals were shot?
all eight (and their replacements)
How many YKVD men were put on trial?
Yagoda and more than 23,000 YKVD men put on trial - most were shot
What percentage of the arrests did kulaks represent?
around 50%
What percentage of the executions did kulaks represent?
more than half
When was Yezhov replaced? with who?
replaced in November 1938, by his deputy Beria
When was Yezhov himself arrested and shot?
February 1940
