Eighty Thousands' Purge

The Eighty Thousands' Purge was a political purge executed by the General Bureau of State Security during the First Commonwealth from 2088 to 2095. It was ordered by the Custodian and put in place by Phillipe Meursault, the head of the Bureau. It is named after the 78 867 thousand names of victims published under Chancellor Abrams in 2127. However the real number of victims is estimated to be a hundredfold higher by historians since the Terran Perestroika.