Yezhozshchina Flashcards
Y Overview
1929
T expelled
1930
IP ST
1933
P purge & famine
1934
17th P Con K’s murder
1936
St of 16
1937
Y & army purge
1938
B St & others
Beria replaces Y
1940
T murdered
Mass Terror & Repression Locally
Impact of Order 00447
w/in 1 month 100k arrested
258 exec
targeted ppl who consid dangerous = op leaders many innocent too
pressure to meet & exceed targets - random arrests
Trial of 17 1937
1937 Military Purge
Trial of 21 1938
Gulags
Treatment of National Minorities
End of the Purges
Death of Trotsky
Stalin = Responsible
Local Party Activists = Responsible
Bolshevik Leaders = Responsible
Ordinary Induviduals = Responsible
Impact of Terror & Purges
no exact figures on those exec - nearly 650k 1937-8
gulags = over 1 mil - some say 8 mil
fams punished
850k p mems expelled 1936-8 by 1939 less than 10% joined b4 1920
RA = 5 mil 1941 need 23k officers - lack led to defeats in war
skilled pros purged - ops for career progression
fear of expell meant bureaus worked m carefully