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Revolutionary terror

  • Cultural RevolutionOn the 16th of May 1966, an expanded session of the Politburo convened in Beijing to discuss a document prepared with Mao Zedong's personal supervision.
  • Great PurgeThe assassination of Sergei Kirov by Leonid Nikolaev in 1934 marked the beginning of a political purge that would consume millions.
  • Red TerrorThe Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets issued a decree on the 8th of November 1917 that abolished the death penalty.