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Stalin's 1936-1938 destruction of old party, army, bureaucracy, and security leadership, presented as continuous revolution.
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Great Purge
Stalin's 1936-1938 destruction of old party, army, bureaucracy, and security leadership, presented as continuous revolution.
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The Great Purge is framed as Stalin's continuous revolution: destroying old guard, army leadership, bureaucracy, and even previous purgers to keep power fluid and dependent on him.
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Stalin could survive catastrophic-looking mistakes because the Great Purge made his authority absolute and eliminated any possibility of challenge.
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"...he continues this. From 1936 to 1938, there's something called the Great Purge, which is a continuous revolution. At this point in history. What..."
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"...arrested and executed for incompetence. Only Stalin, who, because of the Great Purge, consolidated power only in his hands. His authority was unquestionable. Right?..."
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