Execution
Ryutin was eventually executed on January 10, 1937, during the Great Purge
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1937 in Russia
Explore 43 historical events and records for Russia in 1937.
Historical records for Russia in 1937
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January
Purge
Ryutin was eventually executed on January 10, 1937, during the Great Purge
Purge
Expelled from the CP during Stalins "great purges" of the Party
Purge
Expelled from the CP during Stalins "great purges" of the Party
Purge
Show trials are held including Radek & Pyatakov
Purge
Show trials are held including Radek & Pyatakov
Purge
Exposed as a "Tsarist police spy, a thief & an embezzler". Expelled from the CP during Stalins "great purges" of the Party
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
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
Trial
Sentenced to imprisonment
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
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
February
Arrest of Nikolai Bukharin
Implicated in the Zinoviev & Kamanev show trials & arrested
April
Trial
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
May
Fomin Birth
Is born in Novoekonomichne in the Donetsk region of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on 21 May 1937.
June
ANT-25 Transpolar Flight
Designs the ANT-25 used for a nonstop transpolar flight to North America.
Moscow to North America Flight
The achievement marks moscow to north america flight as an important Russian scientific milestone.
August
Peace
An Armistice is declared between Japan and the Soviet Union after outbreak of border fighting
Commander of Moscow
Appointed Commander of the Moscow Military District
September
April Crisis
Kerensky records his position on april crisis in exile.
Conference of Nyon
Nine powers agree Britain & France will patrol Mediterranean trade. Eastern countries will patrol their own shores. Britain will provide 60 destroyers in the Meditteranean
Conference of Nyon
The Nyon powers sign their apporoval of their decisions
Other events (month unknown)
20th Anniversary of the October Revolution
Composes, "20th Anniversary of the October Revolution"
Arrest of Karl Bernhardovich Radek
Arrested during the Moscow trials
Arrest of Leon Trotsky
Allegedly under influence from Russia, is put under house arrest
Arrest of Varlam Shalamov
Sent to prison 17 yrs for saying Ivan Bunin was a classic of Russian literature
Birth of Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova
Birth of Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova
Cherenkov Radiation Theory
Co-develops the theory explaining the radiation observed by Pavel Cherenkov.
Commander of Transbaikal
Appointed Commander of the Transbaikal Military District
Commander of Transbaikal
Appointed Commander of the Transbaikal Military District
Commissar
Appointed Commissar of State Security
Deputy Chairman of City Soviet
Becomes deputy chairman of the local Soviet, advancing from engineering into public administration.
Exile of Leon Trotsky
Allegedly under influence from Russia, is put under house arrest
Family Moves to Berezniki
Moves with his family to Berezniki in the Perm region after his father's release from imprisonment.
Great Purge in Moscow Organization
Participates in Stalin-era purges while leading the Moscow party organization.
Kolyma Prisoner Transport
Shalamov arrived at Nagaevo Bay in the Kolyma region after his second political arrest.
President of Russia
Appointed President of the Central Executive Committee, 2nd term
Prime Minister of Russia
Appointed Prime Minister of the Russian Republic
Purge
Top generals & 1 in 3 of the Officer Corps are purged
Stalinism Critique
Criticises Stalinist repression during the Great Purge.
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