Kremlin doctors
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Kremlin doctors were a group of predominantly Jewish physicians in the Soviet Union who were falsely accused in the early 1950s of conspiring to harm Soviet leaders, in what became known as the Doctors' Plot.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
group of physicians
ⓘ
victims of political repression ⓘ |
| accusedOf |
conspiring to harm Soviet leaders
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sabotage of medical treatment ⓘ terrorist activities ⓘ |
| allegedAffiliation |
Western intelligence services
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Zionist organizations ⓘ |
| associatedEvent |
Soviet antisemitism
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postwar political trials in the USSR ⓘ |
| chargeCharacterization |
fabricated conspiracy
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false accusations ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| ethnicComposition | predominantly Jewish ⓘ |
| historicalInterpretation | example of state-sponsored antisemitism in the USSR ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | innocent victims of show trial preparations ⓘ |
| ideologicalUse | tool for mobilizing public fear of internal enemies ⓘ |
| impact |
heightened antisemitic sentiment in the USSR
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increased fear among Soviet intelligentsia ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Russian ⓘ |
| legalOutcome | posthumous rehabilitation of accused doctors ⓘ |
| location | Moscow ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | Soviet press campaign in 1952–1953 ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Aleksei Vinogradov
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ⓘ
Boris Kogan NERFINISHED ⓘ Boris Shimeliovich NERFINISHED ⓘ Grigory Mayorov NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikhail Kogan NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikhail Vovsi NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikhail Yegorov NERFINISHED ⓘ Veniamin Egorov NERFINISHED ⓘ Yakov Etinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Doctors' Plot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalContext | late Stalin era ⓘ |
| profession | physician ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Great Terror legacy
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Soviet show trials ⓘ |
| specialization |
cardiology
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internal medicine ⓘ surgery ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1950s ⓘ |
| treated |
Joseph Stalin
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high-ranking Soviet officials ⓘ members of the Soviet Politburo ⓘ |
| victimOf |
Stalinist purges
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antisemitic campaign ⓘ |
| workedFor |
Kremlin leadership
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Soviet government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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