Leon TrotskyOctober 1927
Trotsky and Zinoviev are expelled from the Central Committee
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Trotsky and Zinoviev are expelled from the Central Committee
Trotsky is expelled from the Communist Party, leaving Stalin in undisputed control
When the United Opposition tried to organize demonstrations commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Bolshevik seizure of power in November 1927, the demonstrators were dispersed by force and Trotsky and Zinoviev were expelled from the Communist Party. Trotsky is expelled from the Communist Party, leaving Stalin in undisputed control
Dismissed by Stalin from the Central Committee
When the XVth Party Congress made Opposition views incompatible with membership in the Communist Party, Zinoviev, Kamenev and their supporters capitulated and renounced their alliance with the Left Opposition. Leading supporters, from Kamenev down, were expelled in December 1927 by the XVth Party Congress, which paved the way for mass expulsions of rank and file oppositionists as well as internal exile of opposition leaders in early 1928
When the XVth Party Congress made Opposition views incompatible with membership in the Communist Party, Zinoviev, Kamenev and their supporters capitulated and renounced their alliance with the Left Opposition
Leading supporters, from Kamenev down, were expelled in December 1927 by the XVth Party Congress, which paved the way for mass expulsions of rank and file oppositionists as well as internal exile of opposition leaders in early 1928
When the United Opposition tried to organize demonstrations commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Bolshevik seizure of power in November 1927, the demonstrators were dispersed by force and Trotsky and Zinoviev were expelled from the Communist Party.
When the XVth Party Congress made Opposition views incompatible with membership in the Communist Party, Zinoviev, Kamenev and their supporters capitulated and renounced their alliance with the Left Opposition.
When the XVth Party Congress made Opposition views incompatible with membership in the Communist Party, Zinoviev, Kamenev and their supporters capitulated and renounced their alliance with the Left Opposition
Expelled from the Communist Party for being a Trotskyist
Expels all opposition from the International during a Comintern Executive meeting. At the 15th Congress expels 75 of the Opposition & 18 Democratic Centrists
Expelled from the Communist Party
50 engineers are charged with wrecking & espionage
50 engineers are charged with wrecking & espionage. At the "Industrial Party" trial many are charged with foreign industrial espionage
Expels TU leader Tomsky for opposition to industrialization & collectivization. Expels the "right opposition" ftom the CP. Expels Rykov from the CP for opposition to industrialization & collectivization. Expels Bukharin from the CP for opposition to industrialization & collectivization
Announces his murderous purges are "purifying the Soviet Union"
A number of ex-Mensheviks are charged with planning a counter-revolution. 14 professors are charged with conspiracy
Kirovs assassin & 13 accomplices are tried & executed. From 1933-1934 the CP is reduced from 3 1/2 to 2 1/2 million members
CP members are directed to renew their documents, "passive people" are rooted out
Announces "terrorist activity of Trotskyite-Zinoviev counter-revolutionary bloc"
Made against "terrorist activity of Trotskyite-Zinoviev counter-revolutionary bloc"
Against the "terrorist activity of Trotskyite-Zinoviev counter-revolutionary bloc"
Yezhov is made Commissar for Internal Affairs to unmask the Trotsky-Zinoviev plot
Stalin has Kamanev & Zinoviev purged & then executed. Show trials are held in Moscow during the "great purge"
Death of Mikhail Tomsky, commits suicide
Made Commissar for Internal Affairs to unmask the Trotsky-Zinoviev plot
Ryutin was eventually executed on January 10, 1937, during the Great Purge
Expelled from the CP during Stalins "great purges" of the Party
Expelled from the CP during Stalins "great purges" of the Party
Show trials are held including Radek & Pyatakov
Show trials are held including Radek & Pyatakov
Exposed as a "Tsarist police spy, a thief & an embezzler". Expelled from the CP during Stalins "great purges" of the Party
Top generals & 1 in 3 of the Officer Corps are purged
The only prominent Azerbaijani official to escape the Stalinist purges
Stalin has Rykov purged & then executed
Stalin has Rykov purged & then executed
Lenigrad is purged
Expelled from the Communist Party
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