Yezhovshchina (sep 13, 1936 – nov 13, 1938)

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Days irrelevant.
- literally "Yezhov phenomenon"
- lists of hundreds of thousands of people drawn up for arrest
- geographical areas given arrest quotas (always over fulfilled)
- denouncing other people as oppositionists encouraged through propaganda
- used as a means of social cleansing
- purged the higher ranks of the army, including Civil War hero Marshal Tukhachevsky

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