Terror Flashcards
When was Kirov murdered
1st December 1934
When was shakty trial
1928
When was Ryutin expelled
1932
When was the metro vickers trial
1933
When was industrial party show trial
1930
Who was accused of the assassination
Nikolayev
How many arrests were their for Kirov’s murder and what was interesting about them
104 arrests
Enemies of Stalin, trotsky and zinoviev
Why might Stalin target Kirov
1934 - 17th party congress decided to make Kirov joint general secretary
What decree was made following kirovs murder
Decree against terrorists acts
How many suspected enemies were executed
3000
Who replaced Kirov
Andrei Zhandov
How many attended the 17th party Congress
1996
How many attendees of the 17th party Congress were executed
In the next 3 years 1108 were executed
What was the NKVD order 0047
Nkvd units to search out former Kulacks, criminals and other anti soviet elements
What categories were the kulacks separated into
Death by shooting
Gulag labour camps
When was order 0047 issued
July 1937
How many arrests and people sent to gulags were there by 1937
Aug-1937
100,000 arrests
14,000 sent to gulags
What percentage of officials were shot between 1937-38
74%
By 1939, what were the Bolshevik members like
Less than 10% of members had joined before 1920 and less than a 1/4 survived the purge
How many officers were shot or dismissed
23,000