Show trials and the great purges
- Stalin feared being overthrown or having a counter-revolution
- He formed a secret police called NKVD to remove threats
- Old heroes of the revolution or anyone with popular support charged with treason (Seen as threats)
- 1 in 5 officers of the army executed
- Often put on trial "show trials" forced to admit they had done it (under duress)
Summary:
Stalin thought that people in his country would try and take his power away from him, so he had anyone who had been or was getting involved in revolutionary things killed.
Stalin thought that people in his country would try and take his power away from him, so he had anyone who had been or was getting involved in revolutionary things killed.
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