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Great Purge

Great Purge proper noun: a campaign of extensive political purge and repression from 1936 to 1938, led by Joseph Stalin and executed by the NKVD to purge his political opponents.

Proper noun

the Great Purge

  1. (historical, Soviet Union) A campaign of extensive political purge and repression from 1936 to 1938, led by Joseph Stalin and executed by the NKVD to purge his political opponents.
    Synonyms:
    Great Terror, Yezhovshchina, Yezhov Era

Synonyms of Great Purge

Questions about Great Purge

What does Great Purge mean?
Great Purge means a campaign of extensive political purge and repression from 1936 to 1938, led by Joseph Stalin and executed by the NKVD to purge his political opponents.
What part of speech is Great Purge?
Great Purge is a proper noun.

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