Explain how the effects of Stalin's purge in the Soviet Union in the 1930s
The purges had a very serious impact on the Soviet Union. Stalin ordered massive purges by which anybody suspected of disloyalty was murdered, sent to prison camps, or put on public show trials at which they pleaded guilty to incredible crimes they could never have done.
The Communist leadership was purged - 93 of the 139 Central Committee members were put to death. The armed forces were purged - 81 of the 103 generals and admirals were executed. The Communist Party was purged - about a third of its 3 million members were killed. Photographs and history books were changed to eliminate even the memory of people who had been arrested.
Propaganda and personality cult was used to show Stalin as the true heir to Lenin, and the only man capable of defending the USSR.
The purges had a very serious impact on the Soviet Union. Stalin ordered massive purges by which anybody suspected of disloyalty was murdered, sent to prison camps, or put on public show trials at which they pleaded guilty to incredible crimes they could never have done.
The Communist leadership was purged - 93 of the 139 Central Committee members were put to death. The armed forces were purged - 81 of the 103 generals and admirals were executed. The Communist Party was purged - about a third of its 3 million members were killed. Photographs and history books were changed to eliminate even the memory of people who had been arrested.
Propaganda and personality cult was used to show Stalin as the true heir to Lenin, and the only man capable of defending the USSR.