Red Terror
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The Red Terror was a brutal campaign of mass arrests, executions, and political repression carried out by the Bolshevik regime and its secret police (the Cheka) during the early years of Soviet power.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Red Terror canonical | 11 |
| Red Terror in Finland | 2 |
| Red Terror in Hungary | 2 |
| Decree on Red Terror | 1 |
| Krasny terror | 1 |
| Red Terror in Russia | 1 |
| Красный террор | 1 |
Statements (72)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mass violence event
ⓘ
political repression campaign ⓘ state terrorism ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Red Terror
ⓘ
surface form:
Krasny terror
|
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Russian SFSR
ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet Russia
|
| country |
Russian SFSR
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet Russia
|
| describedBySource |
Red Terror
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Decree on Red Terror
Soviet government decrees ⓘ |
| endTime | 1922 ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfDeaths | 10000–100000 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
White Terror
ⓘ
surface form:
White Terror (Russia)
ongoing Soviet political repression ⓘ |
| genre |
political violence
ⓘ
state repression ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Bolshevik consolidation of power
ⓘ
assassination of Moisei Uritsky ⓘ attempted assassination of Vladimir Lenin ⓘ class struggle ideology ⓘ fear of counterrevolution ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
class-based persecution
ⓘ
legal exceptionalism ⓘ mass arrests ⓘ summary executions ⓘ use of secret police ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
consolidation of Bolshevik rule
ⓘ
establishment of a culture of fear ⓘ precedent for later Stalinist purges ⓘ suppression of political pluralism in Soviet Russia ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
early Soviet era
ⓘ
post-October Revolution period ⓘ |
| ideology |
Bolshevism
ⓘ
Marxism–Leninism ⓘ dictatorship of the proletariat ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
Cheka
ⓘ
local revolutionary tribunals ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Russian ⓘ |
| location |
Crimea
ⓘ
Kyiv ⓘ
surface form:
Kiev
Moscow ⓘ Leningrad ⓘ
surface form:
Petrograd
Russia ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ former Russian Empire ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
concentration camps
ⓘ
forced labor ⓘ hostage-taking ⓘ mass executions ⓘ political repression ⓘ summary trials ⓘ |
| nativeLabel |
Red Terror
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Красный террор
|
| numberOfVictims | tens of thousands ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Mensheviks
ⓘ
Socialist Revolutionary Party ⓘ
surface form:
Socialist Revolutionaries
White movement ⓘ various anti-Bolshevik forces ⓘ |
| partOf |
Russian Civil War
ⓘ
early Soviet political system ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Cheka
ⓘ
surface form:
All-Russian Extraordinary Commission
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form:
Bolsheviks
Cheka ⓘ Felix Dzerzhinsky ⓘ Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
|
| significantEvent | Russian Civil War ⓘ |
| startTime | 1918-09-05 ⓘ |
| target |
bourgeoisie
ⓘ
clergy ⓘ former Tsarist officials ⓘ hostages from upper and middle classes ⓘ political opponents ⓘ suspected counterrevolutionaries ⓘ |
| usedBy | Soviet government ⓘ |
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
White Terror (Russian Civil War)
this entity surface form:
Red Terror in Finland
this entity surface form:
Decree on Red Terror
this entity surface form:
Красный террор
this entity surface form:
Krasny terror
this entity surface form:
Red Terror in Finland
this entity surface form:
Red Terror in Hungary
this entity surface form:
Red Terror in Hungary
this entity surface form:
Red Terror in Russia