January 1936PurgeJoseph Stalin
CP members are directed to renew their documents, "passive people" are rooted out
Historical records for Russia in 1936, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
CP members are directed to renew their documents, "passive people" are rooted out
At the League of Nations Russia proposes sanctions after occupation of the Rhineland
The Comintern agree to furnish volunteers & money to support the Spanish Republic
The Comintern agree to furnish volunteers & money to support the Spanish Republic
Against the "terrorist activity of Trotskyite-Zinoviev counter-revolutionary bloc"
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"
The secret police is absorbed into the ministry of the interior, NKVD
Secretly put on trial by Stalin for his life
Kerensky develops his views through provisional government after 1917.
Death of Grigory Yevseyevich Zinoviev, executed
Found guilty of charges during a show trial & shot
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
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
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
Stalin has Kamanev & Zinoviev purged & then executed
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
The first Moscow show trial of the so-called "Trotskyite-Zinovievite Terrorist Center" was staged in front of an international audience. 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
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
Yezhov is made Commissar for Internal Affairs to unmask the Trotsky-Zinoviev plot
Arrested for counter-revolutionary activities, released due to insufficient evidence
Russia decides to supply the Republicans in Spain
Russia warns it will only be bound to the same degree as Italy & Germany. Russia decides to supply the Republicans in Spain
Germany & Japan argree to make "common cause" against Communism
Joseph Stalin establishes a Federal State consisting of 11 Soviet Republics.
Joseph Stalin establishes the USSR Supreme Soviet, supreme agency of state power in the Soviet Union.
Supreme Soviet consists of the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities.
The Supreme Soviet elects a Presidium the chairman of which becomes the Head of State.
The Supreme Soviet is elected for 4 years and meets twice a year.
The VTsIK, All-Union Central Exec Comm of the soviets becomes the Supreme Soviet.
Establishes the USSR Supreme Soviet, supreme agency of state power in the Soviet Union
Holds stage trials of old Bolsheviks
Russia sends arms & advisers to the Republicans
Germany and Japan conclude the so-called Anti-Comintern Pact, ostensibly to protect the world from the 3rd International
Appointed Commander of the Ukraine
Appointed Commissar of Internal Defence
Pens the new constitution
Death of Mikhail Tomsky, commits suicide
Germany and Japan conclude the so-called Anti-Comintern Pact, ostensibly to protect the world from the 3rd International
Serves as director of the metallurgical technical school in Dneprodzerzhinsk.
Composes, "Peter & the Wolf"
Yezhov is made Commissar for Internal Affairs to unmask the Trotsky-Zinoviev plot
Engages in exile debates about democracy and anti-totalitarian alliances.
Promotes a united front with Kai-shek against fascism in Europe & imperialism in Japan
Stalin has Kamanev & Zinoviev purged & then executed. Show trials are held in Moscow during the "great purge"
Announces "terrorist activity of Trotskyite-Zinoviev counter-revolutionary bloc". CP members are directed to renew their documents, "passive people" are rooted out.
Enforces a ban on party factions and banned those party members who had opposed him, effectively ending democratic centralism. Communist heroes like Tukhachevsky and B‚la Kun, as well as the majority of Lenins Politburo, were shot for disagreements in policy. About 2/3 of Communist leaders are shot or arrested. 400,000 people are expelled from the Party
In the new form of Party organisation, the Politburo, and Stalin in particular, were the sole dispensers of communist ideology.
Involves a large-scale purge of the Communist Party and Government officials, repression of peasants, Red Army leadership, and the persecution of unaffiliated persons, characterized by widespread police surveillance, widespread suspicion of "saboteurs".
The most infamous case is that of Leon Trotsky, whose family was almost annihilated, before he himself was killed in Mexico by NKVD agent Ramon Mercader, who was part of an assassination task force put together by Special Agent Pavel Sudoplato.
The political purge was primarily an effort by Stalin to eliminate challenge from past and potential opposition groups, including left and right wings led by Leon Trotsky and Nikolai Bukharin.
The most infamous case is that of Leon Trotsky, whose family was almost annihilated, before he himself was killed in Mexico by NKVD agent Ramon Mercader, who was part of an assassination task force put together by Special Agent Pavel Sudoplato
Death of Mikhail Tomsky, commits suicide
Made against "terrorist activity of Trotskyite-Zinoviev counter-revolutionary bloc". The most infamous case is that of Leon Trotsky, whose family was almost annihilated, before he himself was killed in Mexico by NKVD agent Ramon Mercader, who was part of an assassination task force put together by Special Agent Pavel Sudoplato
Made Commissar for Internal Affairs to unmask the Trotsky-Zinoviev plot
Involves a large-scale purge of the Communist Party and Government officials, repression of peasants, Red Army leadership, and the persecution of unaffiliated persons, characterized by widespread police surveillance, widespread suspicion of "saboteurs"
Appointed Head of the State Publishing House
Death of Mikhail Tomsky, commits suicide. Commits suicide rather than face counter-revolutionary investigations
Publication of "The Comforter"
Publishes The Revolution Betrayed, analyzing Soviet bureaucracy and arguing for political revolution against Stalinist rule.
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
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