notes
- Stalin feared being overthrown or having a counter revolution
- He formed a secret police called the NKVD to remove threats
- Old heroes of the revolution or anyone with popular support charged with treason (seen as threats)
- 1 in 5 officers of the army executed
- Often put on trial "show trials" forced to admit they had done it (under duress)
- He formed a secret police called the NKVD to remove threats
- Old heroes of the revolution or anyone with popular support charged with treason (seen as threats)
- 1 in 5 officers of the army executed
- Often put on trial "show trials" forced to admit they had done it (under duress)
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summary
Stalin was scared of being overthrown, or having a counter-revolution; as a result, he formed a secret police called the NKVD to remove all possible threats. Great Purges came from this.