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Yezhovshchina

Yezhovshchina noun: a period of intense political repression and mass purges in the Soviet Union during the late 1930s, particularly from 1937 to 1938.

Noun

Yezhovshchina (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A period of intense political repression and mass purges in the Soviet Union during the late 1930s, particularly from 1937 to 1938.
    • ... Between the 1929-1930 purge and Yezhovshchina period in 1936-1939, there was a steady rooting out of writers too devoted to national sentiment. The anathema went even beyond this veil of tears, and in Azerbaydzhan the grave of the poet, Narym Narymanov, who had[…]1956, Kenneth R. Whiting, Soviet Problems of Nationality and Industrial Management, page 18

Synonyms of Yezhovshchina

Origin of Yezhovshchina

Borrowed from Russian ежовщина (ježovščina). Named after Russian secret police official Nikolai Yezhov.

Questions about Yezhovshchina

What does Yezhovshchina mean?
Yezhovshchina means a period of intense political repression and mass purges in the Soviet Union during the late 1930s, particularly from 1937 to 1938.
What part of speech is Yezhovshchina?
Yezhovshchina is a noun.

Words near Yezhovshchina in the dictionary

  1. Yezdee
  2. Yezdees
  3. Yezdi
  4. Yezdis
  5. Yezhov
  6. Yezhovshchina
  7. Yezidee
  8. Yezidees
  9. Yezidi
  10. Yezidis
  11. Yezidism

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