stalin show trail Flashcards
who was on trail the first trail 19 and 24 august 1936
Kamenev; Zinoviev and 14 other leaders charged with spaying murdering Kirov and supporting Trotsky they all pleaded guilt and was shot
what was the second trail 20-30 January 1937 [trail of seventeen]
17 former party leaders and writers such as Karl Radek were accused of working with Trotsky all pleaded and were shot or imprisoned and died from neglect and brutality
what was the purge of red army
Stalin was paranoid of a rebellion especially of officers who served Trotsky in the civil war
1937 marshal the army chief was arrested was tried and shot his trail and execution were kept secret
50% of all officers or 35k men were shot this greatly weakened the army and helped German invasion of 1941
who was the prosecuter
Andrei vyshinsky
what was the third show trail (trail of 21) 2-13 march 1938
21 senior leaders including nikolai and Alexei
Accused of spying and working with trotsky
all were found guilty
spaying for france japan Germany and Britain
murdering kirov and maxim
Blamed for mistakes in collectivsation
