Learning objectives To understand what is meant by the term purges To understand how the purges developed What was the significance of Sergei Kirov How did the purges affect the Russian population ID: 497524
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The Great PurgesSlide2
Learning objectives
To understand what is meant by the term purges.
To understand how the purges developed.
What was the significance of Sergei Kirov?
How did the purges affect the Russian population? Slide3
Key terms
Great purges
Great terror
Show trials (1, 2 and 3)
Sergei Kirov
Zinoviev and Kamenev
NKVD
Mass gravesSlide4
Read p105-7 and answer the questionsSlide5Slide6
17
th
Party Congress
26
th
February 1934: 17
th
party congress.
Many prominent members of the party felt that the ‘economic groundwork’ had been done and the Slide7
Task 2: Complete the source exercise on the murder of Sergei Kirov
p108/9 q1-6
Tuesday: Begin with discussionSlide8Slide9
Lesson objective-
To understand how the purges escalated.
To
understand the impact of the purges on Russian society.
To understand why Stalin carried them out. Slide10
The Purges- Stages
1934
- Purges begin with the death of Sergei Kirov under the leadership of
Yagoda
1934-36
- Purging of the Communist party to remove ‘undesirable elements’
1936-38
-‘Yezhovschina’ Purge of all society under
Yezhov
the new head of the NKVD. He was known as the ‘bloodthirsty dwarf’.
Yagoda
was expelled from the party as he was implicated in the death of Kirov and because Stalin felt he was not brutal enough.
Yagoda
recommended slowing down the purges.
1937-38
- Purge of the armed forces. Marshall
Tukhachevsky
along with 7 other Generals were executed. The Army, Navy and
Airforce
were all purges of their best commanders. This left Russia in a very weak position at the start of WW2. Slide11
Yezhov
- NKVD leader 1936-9
‘Sadistic inclinations’
‘repellent personality’
Lacked ‘any trace of conscience or moral principles’ Slide12
The Purges- Why did Stalin carry them out?Slide13Slide14
Cult of Stalin
Question: How was Stalin portrayed to the people of Russia? Slide15Slide16