The Great Purge of the Soviet Union, also known as the Great Purge and the Great Purge, refers to a campaign of political repression that broke out in 1934 under the leadership of the Soviet Union, Stalin, and from 1937 to 1938 is known as the "Great Terror" period of the Soviet Union, during which 1.3 million people were sentenced, 68 of whom were sentenced20,000 people were shot dead. The Great Purge began with the early elimination of hostile elements, and developed to the purge of all kinds of people from the class, ethnicity, and religion in the country, and in many departments and organs, groups of personnel were purged, especially the military, public security, and other key departments. Many of the top commanders in the Soviet Red Army were executed during the Great Purge, and a large number of civilian intellectuals, ** intellectuals and wealthy minorities were also suppressed as "enemies of the people".
After Stalin took the leadership of the Soviet Union in 1934, he implemented a highly centralized political and economic system in order to strengthen it, and took the opportunity to purge the party of opposition and dissident forces. When Kirov was assassinated on December 1, 1934, Stalin believed that the "enemy" of the ** apparatus was responsible, so he decided to carry out a large-scale political purge of the whole party by "revolutionary means".
In the absence of real evidence of the existence of the opposition, the list announced by Stalin was considered to be framed and killed. The purges were carried out in secret, and the leaders and cadres of the opposition did not know in advance that they were doomed. The purges were extremely brutal, and the death penalty was imposed once **, and there is very little record of appeal from the archival material, because the appellants were declared "counter-revolutionary" without exception, and the result was the death penalty like **.
The victims of the purges included not only opposition and dissidents, but also a large number of civilians executed on various "trumped-up" charges (e.g., "espionage", "collaborator", "nationalism", etc.), and many family members were not rehabilitated after Stalin's death. Since the purges were carried out in secret, the exact number of deaths remains a mystery to this day.
The impact of the Great Purge in the Soviet Union was far-reaching, and it had a great negative impact on the subsequent development of the Soviet Union. First of all, a large number of key cadres of the Soviet leadership died in the purge, which seriously undermined the construction of the cadre contingent and led to a shortage of cadre talents. Secondly, due to the purge of a large number of elites loyal to Soviet power, the party lost the support of elite forces, which led to a decline in the party's decision-making power. In addition, the Great Purge also seriously undermined socialist democracy and the legal system, depriving socialism of the opportunity for self-improvement.
The Great Purge of the USSR did not happen by chance, it was an inevitable product of Stalin's *** and highly centralized political and economic system. Stalin, in order to preserve his authority and interests, resorted to extreme measures to purge the opposition and dissident forces. This practice not only violated the principles of socialist democracy and the rule of law, but also seriously undermined the stability and development of Soviet society.
February** Dynamic Incentive Program However, whether Stalin executed 600,000 people correctly is still controversial. While this massive repression is clearly wrong from a human rights and democratic point of view, from a historical and political point of view, the issue is not so simple. In the political environment at that time, it is understandable that Stalin took some extreme measures in order to maintain the stability and development of the Soviet Union. But in any case, there is no doubt that these acts are contrary to the principles of human rights and democracy.
To sum up, the Great Purge of the Soviet Union was a serious campaign of political repression, which caused a large number of people and social destruction. While the issue is not so simple from a historical and political point of view, from a human rights and democratic point of view, such a massive act of repression is clearly wrong. We should draw lessons from this, uphold the principles of socialist democracy and the legal system, and safeguard social stability and development.