Trial of the Twenty-One

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historical event political trial show trial

The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Trial of the Twenty-One canonical	9
Moscow Trials	2
First Moscow Trial	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ political trial ⓘ show trial ⓘ
aim	elimination of Old Bolsheviks ⓘ intimidation of potential opposition ⓘ
allegedOrganization	Case of the Anti-Soviet "Bloc of Rights and Trotskyites" ⓘ surface form: Bloc of Rights and Trotskyites
alsoKnownAs	Case of the Anti-Soviet "Bloc of Rights and Trotskyites" ⓘ Moscow Trials ⓘ surface form: Third Moscow Trial
charge	conspiracy to overthrow the Soviet government ⓘ espionage ⓘ membership in an anti-Soviet bloc ⓘ sabotage ⓘ terrorism ⓘ treason ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
date	1938 ⓘ
defendant	Alexei Rykov ⓘ Arkady Rosengolts ⓘ Christian Rakovsky ⓘ Genrikh Yagoda ⓘ Karl Radek ⓘ Nikolai Bukharin ⓘ Nikolai Krestinsky ⓘ Pavel Piatakov ⓘ
defendantCount	21 ⓘ
endDate	1938-03-13 ⓘ
executionDate	1938-03-15 ⓘ
executionMethod	shooting ⓘ
historicalAssessment	widely regarded as a show trial based on fabricated charges ⓘ
language	Russian ⓘ
laterDevelopment	posthumous rehabilitation of several defendants after Stalin's death ⓘ
legalSystem	Soviet legal system ⓘ
location	Hall of Columns ⓘ Moscow ⓘ Moscow Kremlin ⓘ
mainDefendant	Nikolai Bukharin ⓘ
mediaCoverage	Pravda ⓘ Soviet radio ⓘ
notableFeature	extensive propaganda coverage ⓘ forced confessions ⓘ pre-arranged verdicts ⓘ
partOf	Great Purge ⓘ Moscow Trials ⓘ
politicalContext	Joseph Stalin's consolidation of power ⓘ Stalin era ⓘ surface form: Stalinism
presidingJudge	Vasily Ulrikh ⓘ
prosecutor	Andrei Vyshinsky ⓘ surface form: Andrey Vyshinsky
result	guilty verdicts for all defendants ⓘ
sentence	death ⓘ
startDate	1938-03-02 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Purge → notableEvent → Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ

Stalin era → notableEvent → Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moscow Trials

Trial of the Sixteen → alsoKnownAs → Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Moscow Trial

Trial of the Sixteen → partOf → Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ

this entity surface form: Moscow Trials

Trial of the Sixteen → followedBy → Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ

Genrikh Yagoda → trial → Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ

Moscow Trials → hasPart → Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ

Hall of Columns → usedFor → Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ

Hall of Columns → associatedEvent → Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ

Arkady Rosengolts → notableEvent → Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ

Arkady Rosengolts → participantIn → Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ

Nikolai Krestinsky → participantIn → Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ