Stalin's Purges in the 1930s

question 34

Multiple Choice

Stalin's purges in the 1930s:

• A) rooted out a large Gestapo spy network inside the Soviet Union.
• B) eliminated a group that wanted to destroy bourgeois capitalism.
• C) destroyed possible rivals from the Old Bolsheviks.
• D) rendered Stalin's leadership less secure.

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