Stalin's Second Revolution "Revolution from above" (1 jan 1928 ano – 1 set 1935 ano)

Descrição:

Stalinisation of Russian society at the end of the 1920s and into 1930s

Purges 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).