The Red Book on the Moscow Trials
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The Red Book on the Moscow Trials is a critical exposé by Trotskyist activist Lev Sedov that denounces the Stalinist show trials of the 1930s as fabricated and politically motivated.
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| The Red Book on the Moscow Trials canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Red Book on the Moscow Trials Context triple: [Lev Sedov, notableWork, The Red Book on the Moscow Trials]
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Moscow Trials
The Moscow Trials were a series of highly publicized show trials in the late 1930s Soviet Union, where many Old Bolsheviks and other alleged opponents of Joseph Stalin were forced to confess to fabricated crimes and subsequently executed or imprisoned.
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B.
The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials
The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials is a detailed historical and legal account of the post–World War II Nuremberg war crimes proceedings, written by chief prosecutor Telford Taylor.
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Law of the Great Terror
The Law of the Great Terror was a radical decree passed during the French Revolution that drastically expanded the powers of the Revolutionary Tribunal, curtailed defendants’ rights, and accelerated mass executions at the height of the Reign of Terror.
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D.
The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course
The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course is a heavily propagandistic official textbook published in 1938 that presented a Stalinist interpretation of Soviet and party history for ideological education.
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E.
Leningrad Affair
The Leningrad Affair was a late-1940s Soviet political purge in which Stalin orchestrated the arrest and execution of prominent Leningrad Party and government officials to eliminate perceived regional rivals and consolidate his power.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Red Book on the Moscow Trials Target entity description: The Red Book on the Moscow Trials is a critical exposé by Trotskyist activist Lev Sedov that denounces the Stalinist show trials of the 1930s as fabricated and politically motivated.
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A.
Moscow Trials
The Moscow Trials were a series of highly publicized show trials in the late 1930s Soviet Union, where many Old Bolsheviks and other alleged opponents of Joseph Stalin were forced to confess to fabricated crimes and subsequently executed or imprisoned.
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B.
The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials
The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials is a detailed historical and legal account of the post–World War II Nuremberg war crimes proceedings, written by chief prosecutor Telford Taylor.
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C.
Law of the Great Terror
The Law of the Great Terror was a radical decree passed during the French Revolution that drastically expanded the powers of the Revolutionary Tribunal, curtailed defendants’ rights, and accelerated mass executions at the height of the Reign of Terror.
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D.
The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course
The History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Bolsheviks): Short Course is a heavily propagandistic official textbook published in 1938 that presented a Stalinist interpretation of Soviet and party history for ideological education.
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E.
Leningrad Affair
The Leningrad Affair was a late-1940s Soviet political purge in which Stalin orchestrated the arrest and execution of prominent Leningrad Party and government officials to eliminate perceived regional rivals and consolidate his power.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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political exposé ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
expose falsification of the Moscow Trials
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mobilize international opposition to Stalinist repression ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Fourth International (Trotskyist movement) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Lev Sedov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation | clandestine in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| claims |
charges were fabricated
ⓘ
confessions were extracted under duress ⓘ trials served Stalin’s consolidation of power ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Great Purge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joseph Stalin NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet secret police ⓘ Stalinist bureaucracy ⓘ show trials ⓘ |
| defends |
Grigory Zinoviev
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leon Trotsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Lev Kamenev NERFINISHED ⓘ other Moscow Trials defendants ⓘ |
| describesAs |
fabricated
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politically motivated ⓘ |
| documents |
absence of material evidence against defendants
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procedural irregularities in the Moscow Trials ⓘ use of forced confessions ⓘ |
| focusesOnEvent |
First Moscow Trial
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Second Moscow Trial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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political literature ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | anti-Stalinist Marxist ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Great Purge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stalin era in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| ideologicalOrientation | revolutionary Marxist ⓘ |
| influenced | later historiography on the Moscow Trials ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Moscow Trials
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Soviet political repression ⓘ Stalinism ⓘ Trotskyism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementContext |
Left Opposition
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
international Trotskyist movement ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Красная книга о московских процессах NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | Trotskyist ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| publisherType | Trotskyist press ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Case of Leon Trotsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | mid-1930s Soviet Union ⓘ |
| workPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
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