Stalin's Second Revolution "Revolution from above" (jan 1, 1928 – sep 1, 1935)
Description:
Stalinisation of Russian society at the end of the 1920s and into 1930sPurges targeted mostly:
Stalin’s former opposition
"Unreliable" leading Party members
Senior military officers
managers
every party and state leader from national republics within the USSR
Yagoda, who headed the NKVD in 1936
people with contacts abroad, even legitimate ones (such as diplomats, trade officials)
anyone in some way related to the above (i.e. family members, friends, relatives, associates).
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Date:
jan 1, 1928
sep 1, 1935
~ 7 years and 8 months