Meanings
proper nounthe Great Purge
- historicalSoviet UnionA campaign of extensive political purge and repression from 1936 to 1938, led by Joseph Stalin and executed by the NKVD to purge his political opponents.
Synonyms: Great Terror, Yezhovshchina, Yezhov Era
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA campaign of extensive political purge and repression from 1936 to 1938, led by Joseph Stalin and executed by the NKVD to purge his political opponents.
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Chinese Mandarin 大清洗
- 大清洗 (Dàqīngxǐ)purge and repression campaign
German Großer Terror
- Großer Terrorpurge and repression campaign
Japanese 大粛清
- 大粛清 (Daishukusei)purge and repression campaign
Korean 대숙청
- 대숙청 (Daesukcheong)purge and repression campaign
Polish wielki terror, wielka czystka
- wielki terrorpurge and repression campaign
- wielka czystkapurge and repression campaign
Russian Большой террор, ежовщина
- Большой террор (Bolʹšoj terror)purge and repression campaign
- ежовщина (ježovščina)purge and repression campaign
Spanish Gran Purga
- Gran Purgapurge and repression campaign
Ukrainian Великий терор
- Великий терор (Velykyj teror)purge and repression campaign
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