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The 53 pages that link to Great Purge, each with the reason it gives.

• Joseph StalinBroader topic: It eliminated perceived rivals and terrorized officials and citizens under Stalin.

• Nikita KhrushchevRelated: Khrushchev advanced during the purges and later acknowledged his own role in repression.

• Red ArmyRelated: The purge removed and executed many Red Army commanders before World War II.

• SamizdatRelated: Its terror intensified the risks of preserving and sharing forbidden writing.

• GulagRelated: The purge sent large numbers of alleged enemies into camps and prisons.

• Communist Party of the Soviet UnionRelated: The party leadership used repression to eliminate perceived threats and enforce obedience.

• StalinismBroader topic: The purge eliminated perceived rivals and spread fear through the party, military, and society.

• Sergei KorolevRelated: Korolev was arrested during the purge and imprisoned, interrupting his engineering career.

• Anna AkhmatovaRelated: Its arrests and terror form part of the history behind her later testimony.

• NKVDRelated: The NKVD carried out the campaign’s arrests and executions under Stalin.

• Vyacheslav MolotovRelated: Molotov served in the leadership during the purges and signed execution lists alongside Stalin.

• Lavrentiy BeriaRelated: Beria took over the NKVD as the most intense phase ended and oversaw continued repression.

• Soviet industrializationRelated: Industrial managers and specialists were among those targeted, disrupting institutions and lives.

• Vsevolod MeyerholdRelated: Meyerhold’s arrest and execution took place amid the purge’s attacks on perceived political enemies.

• Mikhail TukhachevskyNarrower topic: Tukhachevsky’s 1937 trial and execution formed part of this campaign.

• Nikolai BukharinBroader topic: Bukharin’s arrest, show trial, and execution formed part of the purge of former Bolshevik leaders.

• Ivan KonevRelated: Konev survived the purge that removed many senior Red Army commanders before World War II.

• Moscow TrialsNarrower topic: The trials formed the public, elite-facing part of a much wider campaign of repression.

• Great TerrorRelated: It is widely used as a synonym for the Great Terror, though emphasis can vary.

• Show trialRelated: The Moscow Trials formed the public centerpiece of this broader campaign.

• Socialism in One CountryRelated: Stalin’s consolidation of authority under the doctrine’s banner preceded the purge of alleged opponents.

• The FlightRelated: Its later climate of repression contrasts with the play’s earlier, failed attempt at production.

• ChekaRelated: It represents a later and vastly expanded phase of Soviet state terror.

• JadidismRelated: Soviet repression executed or imprisoned many Jadid intellectuals and recast their legacy.

• Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet UnionBroader topic: The leadership authorized and intensified purges that reached party officials, military officers, and ordinary people.

• Kliment VoroshilovRelated: As a senior military leader, Voroshilov participated in decisions that enabled purges within the armed forces.

• Maya PlisetskayaRelated: Her father was executed during the purges, and her mother was imprisoned.

• Political purgeBroader topic: It is a major example of a purge aimed at party members, officials, military officers, and ordinary citizens.

• The Gulag ArchipelagoRelated: Arrests during this campaign formed a major part of the imprisonment history Solzhenitsyn recounts.

• UkrainizationRelated: The purges targeted cultural and political figures associated with Ukrainian national life.

• Grigory ZinovievNarrower topic: Zinoviev’s 1936 execution occurred at the opening of the purge’s major public trials.

• Marina TsvetaevaRelated: Tsvetaeva’s husband and daughter were arrested amid the repression surrounding her return.

• Nikolai VatutinRelated: The purge removed many senior officers before Vatutin’s wartime rise.

• Soviet anti-religious campaignRelated: Religious leaders were among those arrested and killed during the peak of Stalinist repression.

• Soviet military doctrineRelated: The purge removed experienced commanders and disrupted the institutions developing doctrine.

• Anastas MikoyanRelated: Mikoyan’s survival amid the purges illustrates the dangers facing senior officials under Stalin.

• Marshal of the Soviet UnionRelated: The purge removed many senior officers soon after the rank was created.

• Rehabilitation in the Soviet UnionBroader topic: Its victims formed a major share of those considered for post-Stalin rehabilitation.

• Varlam ShalamovRelated: Shalamov’s second arrest came amid the repression that sent many prisoners to Kolyma.

• Béla KunRelated: Kun was arrested and executed during the purge of Soviet officials and foreign communists.

• Nadezhda MandelstamRelated: Her husband’s persecution unfolded within the wider terror against Soviet citizens.

• Alexei RykovNarrower topic: Rykov was arrested, tried, and executed during the purge’s assault on former party leaders.

• Darkness at NoonBroader topic: The purges provide the historical setting for Rubashov’s arrest and interrogation.

• Isaac BabelNarrower topic: Babel was arrested during this broader wave of repression.

• Lev KamenevBroader topic: Kamenev was arrested, tried, and executed during its escalating campaign against former Bolsheviks.

• Robert ConquestBroader topic: It is the principal episode reconstructed in The Great Terror.

• Alexander YegorovNarrower topic: Yegorov was arrested and executed amid the purge of Soviet institutions and military officers.

• Daniil KharmsRelated: Kharms was arrested in 1931 and again in 1941, during a broader era of state repression.

• Mirsaid Sultan-GalievNarrower topic: The purge-era repression belongs to the broader system that later executed Sultan-Galiev.

• Vasily BlyukherRelated: Blyukher was arrested and executed during this campaign against Soviet officials and officers.