1941-45: Purges removed those accused of All purges in this time period Stalin shifted blame of The Later Purges 1941-53 undermining the war effort didn’t use any new tactics military failures away 1945: Purging of Soviet people believed to have Stalin blamed military failures in from himself and supported Germany WWII on internal sabotage and Russian planning 1947: Stalin removed Central Committee and Politburo persecuted the ones Blamed 1949: Leningrad Affair failures instead “responsible” Eliminated party and city officials, including Shifted blame away on internal those who had been honored for their from him sabotage defense of Leningrad during the war Killing people in the Were arrested, on charges of attempting name of undermining to use Leningrad as an opposition base, and the war effort or shot supporting Germany 1953: Doctors Plot would set a precedent Soviet Jews were the next population section when another war broke selected for persecution out Stalin’s daughter had an affair with a Jewish Either support man, and Stalin wasn’t happy the USSR He planned a major assault on the Soviet completely or medical profession get killed Said that Jewish-dominated medical By removing CC and center planned to murder Stalin and Politburo, Stalin other Soviet leaders removed even the Stalin dies before it can be put into operation semblance of a (March 1953) restriction on his authority Leningrad Affair was a continuation of the war on factionalism 1. Why does Stalin continue these destructive policies from 1933 until he dies and how does he away” with this policy? “get Continues the policies because he becomes increasingly paranoid as time goes on that he is getting more and more ●
The Later Purges 1941-53 1941-45: Purges removed those accused of undermining the war effort 1945: Purging of Soviet people believed to have supported Germany 1947: Stalin removed Central Committee and Politburo 1949: Leningrad Affair Eliminated party and city officials, including those who had been honored for their defense of Leningrad during the war Were arrested, on charges of attempting to use Leningrad as an opposition base, and shot 1953: Doctors Plot Soviet Jews were the next population section selected for persecution Stalin’s daughter had an affair with a Jewish man, and Stalin wasn’t happy He planned a major assault on the Soviet medical profession Said that Jewish-dominated medical center planned to murder Stalin and other Soviet leaders Stalin dies before it can be put into operation (March 1953) All purges in this time period didn’t use any new tactics Stalin blamed military failures in WWII on internal sabotage and persecuted the ones “responsible” Shifted blame away from him Stalin shifted blame of military failures away from himself and Russian planning Blamed failures instead on internal sabotage Killing people in the name of undermining the war effort or supporting Germany would set a precedent when another war broke out Either support the USSR completely or get killed By removing CC and Politburo, Stalin removed even the semblance of a restriction on his authority Leningrad Affair was a continuation of the war on factionalism 1. Why does Stalin continue these destructive policies from 1933 until he dies and how does he “get away” with this policy? ● Continues the policies because he becomes increasingly paranoid as time goes on that he is getting more and more
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