POLB92H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sergey Kirov, Moscow Metro, The Great Terror
Document Summary
Cycle of paranoia: the red terror was in response of the fact that the bolsheviks emerged from the bottom of society. It was the opposition to the soviet rule, and. It targeted the whole classes and 50,000 to 200,000 people died. The red terror also resulted in the soviets becoming bolshevik: the bolshevik regime was extremely isolated both internationally and domestically. Western capitalists hated the bolsheviks, and the rich in. This caused a fear for survival, which resulted in a heavy reliance on coercion, which increased the opposition, which fueled the fear for survival, creating a never-ending circle of paranoia. In 1921 they created the 10th party congress, which disciplined the party and said no factions within the bolshevik party. This would help with the rise of stalin. This paranoia alienated a lot of their supporters, making them isolated. The mystery of the great terror: the bizarre thing is that millions of people died, and the elite goes after itself.