WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Showcase Trials
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Treason Trials
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Spygate
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Communist Scandal
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Moscow trials were a series of show trials held by the Soviet Union between 1936 and 1938 at the instigation of Joseph Stalin. They were nominally directed against “Trotskyists” and members of “Right Opposition” of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-2: -Georgy Zhukov, in full Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov, (born December 1 [November 19, Old Style], 1896, Kaluga province, Russia-died June 18, 1974, Moscow), marshal of the Soviet Union, the most important Soviet military commander during World War II.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cheka, also called Vecheka, early Soviet secret police agency and a forerunner of the KGB (q.v.).
Detailed explanation-4: -The NKVD is known for its role in political repression and for carrying out the Great Purge under Joseph Stalin. It was led by Genrikh Yagoda, Nikolai Yezhov, and Lavrentiy Beria.