Great Purge

English

Proper noun

the Great Purge

1. (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

• Great Terror
• Yezhovshchina
• Yezhov Era

Translations

purge and repression campaign

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大清洗 (Dàqīngxǐ)

• German: Großer Terror m
• Japanese: 大粛清 (Daishukusei)
• Mongolian: Их Хэлмэгдүүлэлт (Ix Xelmegdüülelt)
• Polish: Wielki terror m
• Russian: Большой террор (ru) m (Bolʹšoj terror), ежовщина (ru) f (ježovščina)
• Spanish: Gran Purga f
• Ukrainian: Великий терор m (Velykyj teror)