Red Terror

period of political repression and mass killings after the beginning of the Russian Civil War in 1918 carried out by Bolsheviks
Organization political_campaign Q542291
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Red Terror

Summary

Red Terror is a political campaign[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of political_campaign entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,533 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Red Terror is in the country of Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic[3].
  • Red Terror is in the country of Soviet Union[4].
  • Red Terror is in the country of Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic[5].
  • Red Terror is in the country of Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic[6].
  • Red Terror is in the country of Commune of the Working People of Estonia[7].
  • Red Terror is in the country of Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic[8].
  • Red Terror's instance of is recorded as political campaign[9].
  • Red Terror's instance of is recorded as historical period[10].
  • Red Terror is a type of terror[11].
  • Red Terror is a type of political repression[12].
  • Red Terror is part of political repression in the Soviet Union[13].
  • Red Terror is part of Russian Civil War[14].
  • Red Terror's Commons category is recorded as Red Terror[15].
  • Red Terror is the opposite of White Terror[16].
  • Red Terror's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Red Terror[17].
  • Red Terror's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[18].
  • Red Terror's different from is recorded as Red Scare[19].
  • Red Terror's different from is recorded as Great Purge[20].

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Identity

Part of include political repression in the Soviet Union[13], in Russia[21] and Russian Civil War[14], a civil war[22], in Russian Empire[23].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Red Terror include it[24], a historical period[25], in Hungarian Soviet Republic[26].

Why It Matters

Red Terror ranks in the top 2% of political_campaign entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,533 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for it include it[24], a historical period[25], in Hungarian Soviet Republic[26].

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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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