The Purges Were a Series of Trials Based on the Opportunity

question 41

Multiple Choice

The Purges were a series of trials based on the opportunity to do which of the following

• A) Stalin's desire to remove old supporters of Lenin from the Party.
• B) the plan to remove Red Army officers suspected of treason.
• C) spread the terror to the lower levels of the population.
• D) prepare the population for a dictatorship of the proletariat.
• E) all of the above

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