Great Purge
Soviet campaign of political repression, imprisonment, and execution (August 1936 - March 1938)
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Summary
Great Purge is a process[1]. It ranks in the top 0.41% of process entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26,058 views/month, #1 of 244).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: purge[3]
- Location: Soviet Union[4], Xinjiang[5], Mongolian People's Republic[6]
- Subclass of: terror[7]
- Part of: Stalinist repression[8], political repression in the Soviet Union[9]
- Commons category: Great Purge[10]
- Has part(s): Moscow Trials[11], Case of Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization[12], National operations of the NKVD[13]
- Start time: August 1936[14]
- End time: November 17, 1938[15]
- Participant: Joseph Stalin[16], Nikolai Yezhov[17], Genrikh Yagoda[18], Lavrentiy Beria[19], Ivan Serov[20], Vyacheslav Molotov[21], Andrey Vyshinsky[22], Lazar Kaganovich[23], Kliment Voroshilov[24], Robert Eikhe[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Great Purge[26]
- Different from: Red Terror[27]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[28]
Why It Matters
Great Purge has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 102 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]