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The Great Purges

The Great Purges. Learning objectives. To understand what is meant by the term purges. To understand how the purges developed. What was the significance of Sergei Kirov? How did the purges affect the Russian population? . Key terms. Great purges Great terror Show trials (1, 2 and 3)

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The Great Purges

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  1. The Great Purges

  2. Learning objectives • To understand what is meant by the term purges. • To understand how the purges developed. • What was the significance of Sergei Kirov? • How did the purges affect the Russian population?

  3. Key terms • Great purges • Great terror • Show trials (1, 2 and 3) • Sergei Kirov • Zinoviev and Kamenev • NKVD • Mass graves

  4. Read p105-7 and answer the questions

  5. 17th Party Congress • 26th February 1934: 17th party congress. • Many prominent members of the party felt that the ‘economic groundwork’ had been done and the

  6. Task 2: Complete the source exercise on the murder of Sergei Kirovp108/9 q1-6Tuesday: Begin with discussion

  7. Lesson objective- • To understand how the purges escalated. • To understand the impact of the purges on Russian society. • To understand why Stalin carried them out.

  8. The Purges- Stages • 1934- Purges begin with the death of Sergei Kirov under the leadership of Yagoda • 1934-36- Purging of the Communist party to remove ‘undesirable elements’ • 1936-38-‘Yezhovschina’ Purge of all society under Yezhov the new head of the NKVD. He was known as the ‘bloodthirsty dwarf’. • Yagoda was expelled from the party as he was implicated in the death of Kirov and because Stalin felt he was not brutal enough. Yagoda recommended slowing down the purges. • 1937-38- Purge of the armed forces. Marshall Tukhachevsky along with 7 other Generals were executed. The Army, Navy and Airforce were all purges of their best commanders. This left Russia in a very weak position at the start of WW2.

  9. Yezhov- NKVD leader 1936-9 • ‘Sadistic inclinations’ • ‘repellent personality’ • Lacked ‘any trace of conscience or moral principles’

  10. The Purges- Why did Stalin carry them out?

  11. Cult of Stalin • Question: How was Stalin portrayed to the people of Russia?

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