Soviet political trials

GPTKB entity

Properties (61)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf political trial
gptkbp:climate fear and paranoia
gptkbp:conducted extreme secrecy
secretive conditions
gptkbp:criticism human rights organizations
Western governments
violating human rights
their lack of fairness
gptkbp:documentedIn historical accounts
gptkbp:has_a_focus_on documentary films
gptkbp:heldIn the 1930s
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gptkbp:impact Soviet_society
gptkbp:includes gptkb:the_Moscow_Trials
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:the_Great_Terror
ideological conformity
international_perceptions_of_the_USSR
gptkbp:involved show trials
gptkbp:is_a_key_component_of the_Stalinist_regime
gptkbp:is_a_reflection_of the political climate of the time
gptkbp:is_a_source_of historical debate
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of academic studies
gptkbp:is_a_tool_for political propaganda
gptkbp:is_a_way_to silence opposition
gptkbp:is_characterized_by political repression
lack of due process
gptkbp:is_essential_for Soviet_history
gptkbp:is_featured_in literary works
political theater
a means of social control
forced confessions
politically motivated
gptkbp:is_part_of purges
totalitarian governance
the broader system of repression
the_narrative_of_Soviet_history
gptkbp:is_popular_among civil liberties
state-controlled media
eliminate rivals
gptkbp:is_used_in rival factions
executions
mass arrests
the suppression of dissent
consolidate power
trauma for families
false evidence
imprisonment in Gulags
instill fear in the populace
the purging of intellectuals
the purging of military leaders
gptkbp:judges party loyalists
gptkbp:led_to purges_within_the_Communist_Party
gptkbp:notableArtists international observers
gptkbp:opposedBy state violence
state security concerns
gptkbp:performedBy gptkb:Stalin's_regime
the NKVD
gptkbp:targets political dissidents
gptkbp:uses the power of the state
gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for historical research
gptkbp:was_a_response_to perceived threats to the state