The Great Terror purged millions of Soviet citizens from "summary" of A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes
The Great Terror was a period of mass repression in the Soviet Union that targeted millions of its citizens. This campaign of terror and violence was initiated by Joseph Stalin in the mid-1930s as a means of consolidating his power and eliminating perceived threats to his rule. During the Great Terror, Stalin's secret police, the NKVD, carried out widespread arrests, interrogations, and executions of individuals deemed to be enemies of the state. These victims included not only high-ranking officials and intellectuals, but also ordinary workers, peasants, and members of the Communist Party. The purges were characterized by show trials, in which defendants were coerced into confessing to crimes they did not commit before being sentenced to death o...
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