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Great Purge en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. (historical, qualifier:Soviet Union) A 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.

Forms

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Synonyms

Yezhovshchina · Great Terror · Yezhov Era

Translations (11)

es Gran Purga (purge and repression campaign) · uk Великий терор (purge and repression campaign) · ru ежовщина (purge and repression campaign) · ru Большой террор (purge and repression campaign) · de Großer Terror (purge and repression campaign) · ko 대숙청 (purge and repression campaign) · pl wielki terror (purge and repression campaign) · mn Их Хэлмэгдүүлэлт (purge and repression campaign) · cmn 大清洗 (purge and repression campaign) · ja 大粛清 (purge and repression campaign) · pl wielka czystka (purge and repression campaign)