đź“… 19 November 1928
In a speech to the Central Committee plenum, Stalin criticized the “Right deviation” as the party debated industrialization targets, agricultural policy and the control figures for 1928–29. The...
đź“… 2 Maart 1938
Nikolai Bukharin and co-defendants faced a public trial centered on conspiracy charges and coerced testimony. The trial connected elite purges to the wider system of policing, denunciation, and fear.
đź“… 13 Maart 1938
The Military Collegium issued death sentences after the final major Moscow show trial. The verdict consolidated the destruction of much of the old Bolshevik leadership.
đź“… 13 Maart 1938
Nikolai Bukharin and other defendants were convicted after a public trial marked by coerced confessions and sweeping conspiracy claims. The purges devastated the party, state institutions, military...