English
Proper noun
the Great Purge
- (Soviet Union, historical) 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
Translations
purge and repression campaign
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 大清洗 (zh) (Dàqīngxǐ)
- German: Großer Terror m
- Japanese: 大粛清 (Daishukusei)
- Korean: 대숙청(大肅淸) (Daesukcheong)
- Mongolian: Их Хэлмэгдүүлэлт (Ix Xelmegdüülelt)
- Polish: wielki terror m, wielka czystka f
- Russian: Большой террор (ru) m (Bolʹšoj terror), ежовщина (ru) f (ježovščina)
- Spanish: Gran Purga f
- Ukrainian: Великий терор m (Velykyj teror)
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