jan 15, 1936 - Great Purge
Description:
The Great Purge or the Great Terror was a campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union. It involved a large-scale purge of the Communist Party and government officials, repression of peasants and the Red Army leadership, widespread police surveillance, suspicion of "saboteurs", "counter-revolutionaries", imprisonment, and arbitrary executions.(Date non-specific, only year.)
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Date:
jan 15, 1936
Now
~ 89 years ago