HISTORY
THE WORLD BETWEEN THE WARS
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Question
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What was the Great Purge?
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The removal of over 8 million Soviets opposed to Joseph Stalin as the leader of the U.S.S.R.
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A conspiracy to eliminate the King of Italy under the direction of Benito Mussolini when he was Prime Minister
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Adolf Hitler’s issue to eliminate all German Communists present in Germany
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Franco’s plan to make Catholicism the state religion of Spain, and to restore traditional forms of government
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -According to official figures there were 777, 975 judicial executions for political charges from 1929–53, including 681, 692 in 1937–1938, the years of the Great Purge. Unofficial estimates estimate a total number of Stalinism repression deaths in 1937–38 at 700, 000–1, 200, 000.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lenin died on 21 January 1924. Stalin was given the honour of organizing his funeral. Upon Lenin’s death, Stalin was officially hailed as his successor as the leader of the ruling Communist Party and of the Soviet Union itself.
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