Great Purge
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The Great Purge was a brutal campaign of political repression, mass arrests, and executions in the Soviet Union during the late 1930s that targeted perceived enemies of the state, including Communist Party members, military leaders, and ordinary citizens.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Purge canonical | 76 |
| Great Purge period | 2 |
| Great Terror | 2 |
| Great Purge (as victim) | 1 |
| Great Purge in the Soviet Union | 1 |
| Great Purge of the officer corps | 1 |
| Moscow show trials | 1 |
| Stalinist purges | 1 |
| Stalin’s Great Purge | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mass political repression
ⓘ
political purge ⓘ state repression campaign ⓘ |
| aftermath | partial denunciation during Khrushchev Thaw ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
consolidation of Stalin's personal power
ⓘ
elimination of perceived enemies of the state ⓘ elimination of political opposition ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Great Purge
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Terror
Yezhovshchina ⓘ |
| carriedOutBy |
KGB
ⓘ
surface form:
NKVD
|
| chargeOftenUsed |
counterrevolutionary activities
ⓘ
espionage ⓘ sabotage ⓘ treason ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| endDate | 1938 ⓘ |
| estimatedVictims |
hundreds of thousands executed
ⓘ
millions imprisoned or sent to Gulag ⓘ |
| historicalAssessment | crime against humanity ⓘ |
| keyFigure | Nikolai Yezhov ⓘ |
| legalInstrument | Article 58 of the RSFSR Penal Code ⓘ |
| location |
Belarus
ⓘ
surface form:
Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic
Kazakhstan ⓘ
surface form:
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Soviet Ukraine ⓘ
surface form:
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
other Soviet republics ⓘ |
| mainPerpetrator | Joseph Stalin ⓘ |
| method |
executions
ⓘ
forced labor camps ⓘ mass arrests ⓘ show trials ⓘ torture during interrogations ⓘ |
| notableConsequence |
decimation of Red Army officer corps
ⓘ
strengthening of Stalin's dictatorship ⓘ widespread climate of fear ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Trial of the Sixteen
ⓘ
surface form:
Trial of the Seventeen
Trial of the Sixteen ⓘ Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ |
| organizedBy | Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| partOf |
Stalinist repression
ⓘ
history of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Great Purge
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Moscow show trials
|
| startDate | 1936 ⓘ |
| targetedGroup |
Communist Party members
ⓘ
Soviet military officers ⓘ ethnic minorities ⓘ intellectuals ⓘ ordinary citizens ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 1930s ⓘ |
Referenced by (86)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Great Terror
this entity surface form:
Moscow show trials
this entity surface form:
Great Purge of the officer corps
this entity surface form:
Great Purge period
subject surface form:
Alexander Svanidze
this entity surface form:
Great Terror
subject surface form:
Trial of the Sixteen