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3a Why did Stalin launch the Purges?

Stalin sought to revolutionise the Communist Party and consolidate his power through a series of purges and Show Trials. Purges within the party were widened beyond members of the Party and became the 'Great Terror' reaching a peak between 1937–38. Why did Stalin launch the Purges? The machinery of terror established under Lenin was now in the hands of Stalin; the Cheka was renamed the OGPU until 1934 and then became...

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