The Great Terror that began with Kirov’s death had many far-reaching results. One of the main results was that Stalin’s political dominance was reinforced a thousand fold‚ but there were other consequences of the purges‚ both social and economic. These consequences changed the lives of ordinary Russian people to a huge extent – food shortages and killings became commonplace. However‚ I would argue that despite these other outcomes of the Great terror‚ the most important result of the 1934-38 repression
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Motives of the Great Terror * The political events that led to the Great Terror began in February of 1934 at the Seventeenth Party Congress. * Dissatisfaction between party members about Stalin‚ and this was the first time he knew his position was threatened * Events of this congress are not completely known‚ but it is said that conspirators met at this congress to discuss replacing Stalin with Kirov * Kirov was told about this and instead of wanting it‚ he decided to inform Stalin
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the murder‚ and wanted to wipe out any opposition. Two years after this assassination Stalin launched the Great Terror in Russia in 1936. The Great Terror was known as ’Yezhovshchina’ in Russia‚ the time of Yezhov‚ who was head of the NKVD in 1936. The Terror fell into four main parts: The Moscow Show Trials‚ 1936-1938 The Army Purge 1937 The Mass Purge The Gulag The first part of the Great Terror‚ the Moscow Show Trials‚ involved three main trials; The Zinoviev trial in 1936‚ The Trotskyite trial
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Inferno: An Analysis of the Great Terror as Seen Through the Eyes of Eugenia Semyonovna Ginzburg The following paper will be an analysis of "The Great Terror‚" that is‚ the arrest and often execution of millions of Russian and Russian minorities from 1936 to 1938‚ carried out by the Soviet secret police‚ known as‚ and hereafter referred to as the NKVD. The analysis will use Eugenia Semyonovna Ginzburg’s‚ a Russian professor and writer who was arrested early into the purges and experienced‚ as well
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different methods of terror during his reign such as a period of unprecedented cruelty called The Purges. Stalin was extremely suspicious of his opposition and used terror to remove any threat to his power and to blame his failures on people who weren’t responsible for them. Stalin used the purges as a way of removing any threat to his power and to enforce total control. The event that triggered the Purges was the murder of Sergei Kirov in 1934‚ he was the popular Leningrad party leader and also a
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its revolution and the reign of Joseph Stalin. Consider the following. • The Rebellion/the Russian Revolution • The failure of the windmill/Stalin’s Five Year Plans • Executions of pigs and chickens/Stalin’s Great Purge • The Battle of the Windmill/Germany’s invasion of Russia • Napoleon’s use of dogs/Stalin’s use of the secret police • Cruel winters on the farm/Soviet famine of the 1920’s ***** You need to use your novel
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Do You Support the Purge? Since I was a child I was taken to the movie theater for fun. Because of all my experiences at the movie theater I have very high expectations for it and the movies that I go watch. The customers experience has a big impact on whether or not they will come back. Were the people nice? Was their popcorn good? Were their prices expensive? One of the biggest things customers complain about is if the movie does not live up to its previews. This is something you can hear instantly
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In 1924‚ the Soviet Union faced a power struggle when it’s leader and creator Vladimir Lenin died. His successor however‚ came into power and immediately began to make changes. This man knew exactly what he wanted to keep and more importantly what he wanted to change. His birth name was Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili‚ but who could possibly rule and leave a legacy with that name? He then adopted the name Joseph Stalin‚ (which means man of steel.) and began to rule the Soviet Union. At this time
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into a modern super power. He used certain methods to change Russia. He did this by modernizing the Russian economy with his Five Year Plans. He also increased industrial and agricultural production with his policy of collectivization. He carried out purges or the harsh movements against his enemies to make sure he kept total control of the U.S.S.R. Stalin made several changes in the Soviet Union. He did this by modernizing the economy by setting up the Five-Year Plan. In document 1‚ Stalin’s speech
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In the Russian Revolution‚ blood purges can be defined as the elimination of Joseph Stalin’s opposition or anyone who criticized or opposed the Bolsheviks. Stalin believed that he was threatened by the people inside Russia who disliked him or the government. The purges were not planned at all and were random. Victims of them included anyone who had sympathy‚ acquaintance‚ or association with the Trotskyites (the enemy)‚ or anyone who doubted or opposed Stalin’s government. Stalin would hunt down
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