Title: 1937
First published: 1996
Description: The first major study by a Russian Marxist Historian of the Stalinist purges which are often collectively reffered to by the year they reached their greatest intensity: 1937. Rogovin shows that the purges were aimed at the physical annihilation of the growing socialist opposition to Stalin's bureaucratic regime. Focused on Leon Trotsky and his thousands of supporters, the purges were a blow against the October Revolution, its leaders and its heritage.
Subjects: Politics and government, Opposition (Political science), Purges, Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za, History, Political purges, Kommunisticheskai͡a partii͡a Sovetskogo Soi͡uza, Congresses, Political persecution, Vsesoi︠u︡znai︠a︡ kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ (bolʹshevikov) (1925-1952)
Places: Soviet Union
People: Joseph Stalin (1879-1953)
Time periods: 1936-1953