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The Great Purges

How extensive is your knowledge of the Great Purges in the Soviet Union? Let's find out!
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Last updated: March 21, 2023
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Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924
Joseph Stalin
Popular politician killed in December 1934
Sergei Kirov
Period triggered by the above
The Great Terror
Secret police formed in 1934
NKVD
Head of the secret police from 1936-38, infamous for his cruelty
Nikolai Yezhov
Major political figures arrested in January 1935
Grigory Zinoviev
Lev Kamenev
Labour camp used in the Purges
Gulag
Other name for the Moscow Trials
Show Trials
Year of the Trial of the Sixteen
1936
Main politician tried in the 1938 Trial of the Twenty One
Nikolai Bukharin
Country in which Leon Trotsky was assassinated
Mexico
Weapon used in the assassination
Icepick
Estimated number of Party members killed in this period
1 million
Approximate number of arrests during the Purges
7-8 million
1 Comments
Roman44
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Level 23
Mar 26, 2023
Hint for the last two questions: they're in the millions.
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