HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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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: -Soviet authorities accused Tukhachevsky of treason, and after confessing during torture he was executed in 1937 during Stalin’s military purges of 1936–1938.
Detailed explanation-3: -After Stalin’s death in 1953, Zhukov supported Nikita Khrushchev’s bid for Soviet leadership. In 1955, he was appointed as Defence Minister and made a member of the Presidium. In 1957, Zhukov lost favour again and was forced to retire. He never returned to a position of influence, and died in 1974.
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.