Great Purge

English

Proper noun

the Great Purge

(Soviet Union, historical) 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.

Synonyms

Great Terror
Yezhovshchina
Yezhov Era

Translations

purge and repression campaign

Chinese:
Mandarin: 大清洗 (Dàqīngxǐ)
German: Großer Terror m
Japanese: 大粛清 (Daishukusei)
Mongolian: Их Хэлмэгдүүлэлт (Ix Xelmegdüülelt)
Polish: Wielki terror m
Russian: Большой террор (ru) m (Bolʹšoj terror), ежовщина (ru) f (ježovščina)
Spanish: Gran Purga f
Ukrainian: Великий терор m (Velykyj teror)

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