The most infamous case of murder in the history of the Soviet Union is examined.

N.I. Bukharin's last plea before the Supreme Court, Moscow, March 12, 1938, verbatim from the court proceedings published by the People's Commissariat of Justice.

Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: Stalin's Purges, 1935 In 1936, Stalin began to attack his political opponents in a series of purges aimed at destroying the vestiges of political opposition to him. What follows is the official explanation from textbooks published before Stalin's excesses were repudiated by his successors. The achievements of Socialism in our country ...

REFERENCES: Good Articles about The Purges Originally published in Challenge-Desafio Vol.20, No. 39, February 15, 1984, pp. 7-8. We recommend the following bibliography for those interested in more details about the period of the purges. (1) Hough, Jerry F., and Merle Fainsod. How the Soviet Union Is Governed. Harvard University Press, 1979. Chapter 5 deals with the pre-war Stalin period; pages ...