The aim was obviously to get rid of Luzin as a representative of the old pre-Soviet mathematical school of Moscow: his master, Egorov, had been himself the victim of such a campaign in 1930 (based on his religious sympathies) and died shortly after in 1931 in despair and misery.
Ang layunin ay malinaw naman sa kumuha alisan ng Luzin bilang isang kinatawan ng mga lumang pre-Sobiyet matematiko paaralan ng Moscow: ang kanyang master, Egorov, had been kanyang sarili ang mga biktima ng naturang kampanya sa 1930 (base sa kanyang relihiyosong sympathies) at namatay sa ilang sandali lamang matapos ang sa 1931 sa kawalan ng pag-asa at kalungkutan.