Trial of the Seventeen
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Trial of the Seventeen was a 1937 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which several prominent Old Bolsheviks and officials were prosecuted on fabricated charges during Stalin’s Great Purge.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
political trial
ⓘ
show trial ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Second Moscow Show Trial
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Second Moscow Trial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterizedAs | show trial ⓘ |
| charge |
conspiracy with Leon Trotsky
ⓘ
espionage ⓘ membership in a Trotskyist center ⓘ sabotage ⓘ terrorism ⓘ treason ⓘ |
| chargesCharacterization | fabricated ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| defendant |
David Sokolinsky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Georgy Pyatakov NERFINISHED ⓘ Grigory Sokolnikov NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Radek NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonid Serebryakov NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikhail Boguslavsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikolai Krestinsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikolai Muralov NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuri Piatakov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Trial of the Sixteen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfDefendants | 17 ⓘ |
| historicalAssessment |
example of Stalinist terror
ⓘ
judicial murder ⓘ |
| ideologicalJustification | defense of socialism against alleged enemies ⓘ |
| languageOfProceedings | Russian ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Soviet legal system ⓘ |
| location |
Moscow
ⓘ
Moscow, Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive Soviet press coverage ⓘ |
| methodOfObtainingConfessions | coerced confessions ⓘ |
| organizer | Joseph Stalin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Great Purge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stalinist repressions ⓘ |
| pointInTime |
1937
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January 1937 ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
Stalin’s consolidation of power
ⓘ
elimination of Old Bolsheviks ⓘ |
| precedes | Trial of the Twenty-One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presidingJudge | Vasily Ulrikh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prosecutor | Andrei Vyshinsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
long-term imprisonment for some defendants
ⓘ
multiple death sentences ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
historical research on the Great Purge
ⓘ
studies of Soviet show trials ⓘ |
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