Permanent historical factsheet

Execution

Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

11Records
1936–1956Date range
8Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1936

Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev25 August 1936

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Found guilty of charges during a show trial & shot

Joseph StalinAugust 1936

Government / Government of Russia

Stalin has Kamanev & Zinoviev purged & then executed

1937

Martemyan Ryutin10 January 1937

Government / Government of Russia

Ryutin was eventually executed on January 10, 1937, during the Great Purge

1938

Nikolai Bukharin15 March 1938

Government / Government of Russia

Executed by a bullet in the back of the head

Joseph Stalin15 March 1938

Government / Government of Russia

Stalin has Bukharin purged & then executed

Aleksey Ivanovich Rykov1938

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Stalin has Rykov purged & then executed

Joseph Stalin1938

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Stalin has Rykov purged & then executed

1952

Joseph Stalin1952

Government / Government of Russia

10 prominent Jews are found guilty of "Jewish nationalism" & shot

1953

Lavrenti Pavlovich BeriaDecember 1953

Government / Government of Russia

Executed for being an agent. Executed for attempting to succeed Stalin

Nikita Sergeyevich KhruschevDecember 1953

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Has Beria executed

1956

Mir Dzhafar Abassovich BagirovMay 1956

Moscow · Government / Government of Russia

Executed for treason

Names involved

Aleksey Ivanovich RykovGrigory Yevseyevich ZinovievJoseph StalinLavrenti Pavlovich BeriaMartemyan RyutinMir Dzhafar Abassovich BagirovNikita Sergeyevich KhruschevNikolai Bukharin

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.