On this day - 23 January
Historical items of interest as featured in the papers of the day.
The Great Purge
On January 23rd 1937 the second large trial of the great purge took place. In this trial, 17 individuals were tried. 13 of them were executed and the other 4 were sent to labour camps were they swiftly lost their lives.
The great purge was the name given to a political purge across the Soviet Union, pushed by Stalin in an attempt to consolidate his control over the Communist power. Estimates for those executed are as high as 1.2 million.
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