The Great Purge 1936-1938
During the Second Five-Year Plan was also the start of The Great Purge. During the summer of 1932 Joseph Stalin became more aware of the enemies around him. Party Members were publicly criticizing Stalin and demanding the return of Leon Trotsky to Russia who was at that time in exile at Mexico. Sergey Kirov who was a close adviser of Stalin started to argue against Stalin's policy on imprisoning the people who were against the collective farms and industrialization. Stalin then feared that he was losing his grip on the party so during the summer of 1934 Kirov and Stalin went on a holiday together. At that point Stalin tried to persuade Kirov to remain loyal to him and asked Kirov to join him in Moscow where observation could be kept on him. Kirov refused and on December 1st, 1934 he was assassinated by a young party member, Leonid Nikolayev. The blame on this assassination was lain upon Stalin's claim that Nikolayev was part of a conspiracy led by Leon Trotsky. In August 1936, 16 part member who had been against Stalin were arrested, found guilty, and executed.
Results of The Great Purge
Nikolai Yezhov was appointed as head of the NKVD, the Communist Secret Police in 1936. Political figures who were against Stalin were quickly arrested by Yezhov who then forced these people to confess that they were wrong. The interrogation continued for several days until they confessed that they had been attempting to overthrow the government. By the end of 1933, around 400,000 people were expelled from the party. Being purged or expelled meant arrest, imprisonment, or execution. Stalin also decided to cleanse the Red Army free of people against him. Stalin claimed to have evidence when he claimed that the army was planning a coup. Mikhail Tukhachesvsky and seven other top Red Army commanders were charged with conspiracy with Germany in June, 1937. All eight were put on court, found guilty, and executed. A total of 30,000 members of the Red Army were executed with fifty percent being army officers. Stalin also purged the NKVD because he wanted to make sure that the people who knew too much about the purges would be silenced. Lavrenti Beria was appointed as the new head of the NKVD and arranged the executions of all the senior officers in the organization. The purges were necessary for the five year plans to continue on.
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The Soviet Story - starvation in Ukraine
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About communists criminal act in Ukraine
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