Fyodor Fyodorovich Trepov1878
The Jury refuse to convict Zasulich because of Trepovs repressive measures
Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The Jury refuse to convict Zasulich because of Trepovs repressive measures
The Jury refuse to convict Zasulich because of Trepovs repressive measures
Holds SR death sentences open & have them executed if they undermine the Communists. Decides SRs are guilty of trying to overthrow the Bolsheviks in 1919
Tried for heading a counter-revolutionary organisation with Gosplan
Tried for heading a counter-revolutionary organisation with Gosplan
At the Metro-Vickers trial British technologists in Russia are charged with espionage
Kirovs assassin & 13 accomplices are tried & executed
Zinoviev, Kamanev & 17 others are tried for the murder of Kirov
Zinoviev, Kamanev & 17 others are tried for the murder of Kirov. Tried for a 2nd time in secret & sentenced to a long term of imprisonment. Forced to admit the "moral & political responsibility" for Kirovs assassination. Exonerated for the assassination of Kirov
Zinoviev, Kamanev & 17 others are tried for the murder of Kirov. Tried in secret & sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. Tried for a 2nd time in secret & sentenced to a long term of imprisonment. Forced to admit the "moral & political responsibility" for Kirovs assassination. Exonerated for the assassination of Kirov
Secretly put on trial by Stalin for his life
During the trial, Zinoviev, Kamenev and 14 other accused, most of them prominent Old Bolsheviks, confessed to having plotted with Trotsky to kill Stalin and other members of the Soviet leadership
The first Moscow show trial of the so-called "Trotskyite-Zinovievite Terrorist Center" was staged in front of an international audience. The court found everybody guilty and sentenced the defendants to death, Trotsky in absentia
During the trial, Zinoviev, Kamenev and 14 other accused, most of them prominent Old Bolsheviks, confessed to having plotted with Trotsky to kill Stalin and other members of the Soviet leadership
Holds stage trials of old Bolsheviks
Show trials are held in Moscow during the "great purge"
Accusations are made against Zinoviev for his life during a show trial
The second show trial of Karl Radek, Grigory Sokolnikov, Yuri Pyatakov and 14 others took place in January 1937, with even more alleged conspiracies and crimes linked to Trotsky
The second show trial of Karl Radek, Grigory Sokolnikov, Yuri Pyatakov and 14 others took place in January 1937, with even more alleged conspiracies and crimes linked to Trotsky
Sentenced to imprisonment
The second show trial of Karl Radek, Grigory Sokolnikov, Yuri Pyatakov and 14 others took place in January 1937, with even more alleged conspiracies and crimes linked to Trotsky
The second show trial of Karl Radek, Grigory Sokolnikov, Yuri Pyatakov and 14 others took place in January 1937, with even more alleged conspiracies and crimes linked to Trotsky
An independent "Commission of Inquiry" into the charges made against Trotsky and others at the "Moscow Trials" was held in Coyoacan, with John Dewey as chairman, the findings were published in the book Not Guilty
Nikolay Bukharin, a revolutionary economist who helped edit Pravda with Lenin, is put on trial and executed in the purges
Accused of plotting to kill Lenin during the Brest Litovsk negotiations in 1918
Tried in absentia by Stalin, the secret police, the GPU, are sent to hunt Trotsky down
Tried for being a British agent, undermines relations between Russian nationalities
Presides over a tribunal which sentences Lavrenti Beria to death
Prosecution of Russias richest man, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, President of Yukos oil company, for fraud and tax evasion
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.