Show Trials and the Great Purge_-Stalin feared being overthrown or having a counter revolution
- He formed a secret police called the NKVD to remove threats - Old heroes of the revolution or anyone with popular support charged with treason (seen as threats) - 1-5 officers of the army executed - Often put on trial "show trials" forced to admit they had done it (under duress) "Death solves all problems - no man, no problem."
- Joseph Stalin What would have happened if Stalin had let these men live, would there truly have been an uprising? |
Stalin didn't believe he had the proper backing, feared uprising. Began exterminating all those who posed a threat.
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