Great Purge

Summary

Great Purge is a process^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.41% of process entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,521 views/month, #1 of 244).^[2]

Key Facts

• Great Purge's instance of is recorded as process^[3].
• Great Purge's instance of is recorded as purge^[4].
• The location of Great Purge was Soviet Union^[5].
• The location of Great Purge was Xinjiang^[6].
• Great Purge took place at Mongolian People's Republic^[7].
• Great Purge is a type of terror^[8].
• Great Purge is part of Stalinist repression^[9].
• Great Purge is part of political repression in the Soviet Union^[10].
• Great Purge's Commons category is recorded as Great Purge^[11].
• Great Purge comprises Moscow Trials^[12].
• Great Purge comprises Case of Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization^[13].
• Great Purge comprises National operations of the NKVD^[14].
• Great Purge began on August 1936^[15].
• Great Purge ended on November 17, 1938^[16].
• A participant in Great Purge was Joseph Stalin^[17].
• Among those involved in Great Purge was Nikolai Yezhov^[18].
• A participant in Great Purge was Genrikh Yagoda^[19].
• A participant in Great Purge was Lavrentiy Beria^[20].
• A participant in Great Purge was Ivan Serov^[21].
• Among those involved in Great Purge was Vyacheslav Molotov^[22].
• Among those involved in Great Purge was Andrey Vyshinsky^[23].
• A participant in Great Purge was Lazar Kaganovich^[24].
• A participant in Great Purge was Kliment Voroshilov^[25].
• A participant in Great Purge was Robert Eikhe^[26].
• Great Purge's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Great Purge^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include process^[3] and purge^[4]. Great Purge is a type of terror^[8].

Use and Application

Components include Moscow Trials^[12], a trial^[28], in Soviet Union^[29]; Case of Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization^[13], a legal case^[30]; and National operations of the NKVD^[14], a political repression^[31], in Soviet Union^[32]. Part of include Stalinist repression^[9], an occurrence^[33] and political repression in the Soviet Union^[10], in Russia^[34].

Why It Matters

Great Purge ranks in the top 0.41% of process entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,521 views/month, #1 of 244).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] It is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]