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.
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Statements (72)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mass violence event
→
political repression campaign → state terrorism → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Krasny terror
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| appliesToJurisdiction |
Soviet Russia
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| country |
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
→
Soviet Russia → |
| describedBySource |
Decree on Red Terror
→
Soviet government decrees → |
| endTime |
1922
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| estimatedNumberOfDeaths |
10000–100000
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| followedBy |
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
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|
| location |
Crimea
→
Kiev → Moscow → Petrograd → Russia → Ukraine → former Russian Empire → |
| mainSubject |
concentration camps
→
forced labor → hostage-taking → mass executions → political repression → summary trials → |
| nativeLabel |
Красный террор
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|
| numberOfVictims |
tens of thousands
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|
| opposedBy |
Mensheviks
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Socialist Revolutionaries → White movement → various anti-Bolshevik forces → |
| partOf |
Russian Civil War
→
early Soviet political system → |
| perpetrator |
All-Russian Extraordinary Commission
→
Bolsheviks → Cheka → Felix Dzerzhinsky → Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) → |
| significantEvent |
Russian Civil War
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|
| startTime |
1918-09-05
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|
| target |
bourgeoisie
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clergy → former Tsarist officials → hostages from upper and middle classes → political opponents → suspected counterrevolutionaries → |
| usedBy |
Soviet government
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|
Referenced by (10)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Red Terror
("Krasny terror")
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alsoKnownAs |
|
Cheka
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appliesPolicy |
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Terrorism and Communism
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defends |
|
Red Terror
("Decree on Red Terror")
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|
describedBySource |
|
Finnish Civil War
("Red Terror in Finland")
→
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followedBy |
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White Terror (Russian Civil War)
→
|
isParallelTo |
|
Red Terror
("Красный террор")
→
|
nativeLabel |
|
Cheka
→
|
participatedIn |
|
Socialist Revolutionary Party
→
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repressedDuring |
|
Russian Civil War
→
|
significantEvent |