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Stalin

This date is now considered to be the start of the Russian purge trials. Stalin used the assassination as a way to show the world that there was a great plot to overthrow his rule of Russia (Purge 2). He then had everyone involved with the assassination and anyone close to Kirov put on trial and found guilty of conspiracy to overthrow the government (Purge 2). This very hypocritical action was never noticed by the Russian public, since the trial was held in secret (Purge 2). For the next year and a half everything seemed to stop as quickly as it started and the remaining Bolsheviks began to relax, thinking the trials were a one-time aberration. Unfortunately for them Stalin was planning massive attacks against the Bolsheviks and anyone who supported them (Purge 2). This newest attack was called "The Trial of the Sixteen" (Purge 2).
             It was the first of three major show trials in the Russian purges (Purge 2). The "Trial of the Sixteen" started in 1936 followed by two more trials that would take place over the next two years. In 1937 a second purge trial would take place that consisted of the prosecution of seventeen leftwing defendants for "conspiracy against the government" (Purge 2). In 1938 a third and final show trial got under way. Again Stalin falsely accused twenty-one rightwing opponents of conspiracy (Purge 2). The accused were found guilty of all charges and most were immediately executed (Purge 3). The purge trials had successfully consolidated Stalin's power by removing all his political enemies. During this time about seven million people were arrested and perhaps half a million of these were executed (Purge 3). Now that Stalin's political enemies were taken care of he set his sights on purging his imagined enemies from inside the Russian army. Throughout 1937 and 1938 Stalin would have over half his elite Red Guard arrested (Purge 3). The western world would know little about Stalin's purge trials.


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