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"The only real power comes out of a long rifle."
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Show Trials and the Great Purges
-counter-revolution = revolution -> communism. counter-revolution to get the revolution out.
-This was Stalins reasnoning to kill people. He feared being overthrown.
-NKVD (stalins personal secret police force) was used to remove threats.
-People were not allowed to old heroes or anyone. I.E. "Lenin wouldn't have done it that way" -> death
-1 in 5 officeres of the army were executed
-show trials -> forced to admit they had done it
-This was Stalins reasnoning to kill people. He feared being overthrown.
-NKVD (stalins personal secret police force) was used to remove threats.
-People were not allowed to old heroes or anyone. I.E. "Lenin wouldn't have done it that way" -> death
-1 in 5 officeres of the army were executed
-show trials -> forced to admit they had done it
Summary
Stalin feared of being overthrown so he did a bunch of weird stuff - mostly killing threats.