Stalin's Great Purge | The Great Terror (1932-1940) 

@ Nestor Thomsen , (I’m Mongolian 🇲🇳 where there was a coordinated Great purge also 1937-1938) My Great Grandfather was a Buddhist Monk, ( They targeted Buddhist monks during the purge) But luckily his teacher had a vision of that happening so he was able to escape

Stalin probably the last shot

Seemed to be pretty relentless. Sound as if they grew to enjoy it.

If my memory serves me correctly, that's how Djengis Khan hid the location of his final resting place.

@@wolfu597 He left no witnesses.

Like the EUSSR...

like the elite in the us have? yeah agreed, wish they were communist

'Power without accountability' ... yes, you have it in a nutshell. Well put sir... we have some of that in England now with Dominic Cummings.

Well that would mean there is no History since as Napoleon observed , "History is mainly lies which we all agree upon!"

@Chris Russell Russian here Russian there Russian everywhere toward a doomed Capitalist state. Creepy Joe shut the door Russia is Rushing in!

Can you share a link to such video, please?

He frequently had his right hand in his coat: freemason gesture.

@@garrettbaker2320 Stalin had a pretty simple personal life. He liked to spend time alone in his datcha listening to music, reading and smoke his pipe. Occasionaly, he bang his maid. His personality type would never allow him to get into that freemason pompous ritualistic shit.

Chatbot

hahaha conspiracy. hand in coat was a sort of fashion trend back then, and i think stalin did it in order to sort of hide a small deformity in his arm due to a childhood disease which left his arm slightly shorter than the other@@garrettbaker2320

I think that was Beria, his right hand man eagerly carrying out much of his dirty work.

I think Beria said ‘bring me the man and I’ll invent the crime.

Yes.

When you get rid of God and trade it in with Charles Darwin and atheism and communism you Get Joseph Stalin.

Sounds like words of the democrats for their impeachment of our President. Here are the template used by the democrats today.

It certainly is fascinating and there are many great books written about this period. I am currently reading Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy by Douglas Smith. It's an amazing book, I definitely recommend it.

Robert Conquest, The Great Terror, copyright 1968. Edvard Radzinsky, Stalin, copyright 1996. Conquest wrote several other books about the purges. The reason I mention this one is, A. I read it, and B. The fact that the Soviets didn't open their archives to him. He said that he got his estimates of deaths from Soviet sources. Mainly census figures. Taking into account WW2 loses, there should be twenty million more Russian people alive today. Radzinsky was allowed into Stalins personal library and into formerly secret archives. He confirms Conquests conclusions.

@@HoHI have a copy of the Russian Job and a biography of Rasputin by Douglas Smith. I've just read the works of Robert Service. My professor studied under him at Oxford. I thoroughly enjoyed his trilogy of biographies on Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky. I also read his history of Modern Russia.

@@robertsansone1680 Robert Conquest is not only considered a staple reading supplement for anybody on my course but we are frequently forced to read extracts of his books at compulsory tutorials. Great writer. I am currently in Ukraine, an epicentre of the Holodomor, where he is considered by many to be a hero in exposing the terrible deeds of the Stalinist regimes.

@@concernedcitizen5053 Interesting. I am glad to hear that his works are not forgotten. Professor Conquest died only a few years ago. I remember reading his obituary. He lived to a ripe old age. We need people warning the world about evil. I saw a pro- Communists video on RU-vid just the other night it was so full of lies & distortions it really infuriated me. What really disgusted me were the supportive comments. Communism is like an incurable disease. It apparently will never go away. Thanks For Your Information. Robert Sansone

They are using the Red China model , turn on their elders , then spend 60 yrs trying to tie their shoes , Bolshevik model killed off their rural farmers and starved everyone , CCP too

When you get rid of God and trade it in with Charles Darwin and atheism and communism you Get Joseph Stalin.

Korepta, you are right, and I am pretty sure we are seeing the beginning of the end of the "western" countries that we grew up in and loved. Loved because of individual liberty and freedom, which is the polar opposite to the socialist/communist plague that is growing, yet again.

As such, this video and the others should be required viewing for the useful idiots that cannot tie their own shoe laces. Including democrats that believe they are just one massacre away from their socialist utopia. If only they can murder all of the right people this time.

@@joethekinghawk7514 there is a balance with Darwin , Peterson doesn’t toss out Darwin models nor is he atheist in it’s role in our world as far as we know today , religion is the opposite side to that balance, too far either way is a dark age or godless purge

lol

@ Sergio Ruiz , You have no idea. There was also a Great purge in Mongolia 🇲🇳 1937-1938, Nearly 7 to 9 percent of the population was killed, it was a miracle that my ancestors survived

@@thekhans2823 do you have any scorce

@ Caesar Augustus Zeckiel , ??? Wait so your doubting that it even happened ? Mongolia had a Great Purge too at the same as as the Soviet’s ,

@@thekhans2823 I'm sorry I had no idea, that's terrible

Y did the polish operation of the nkvd start I need help I’m doing a project on this

Correct its just sad how much misinformation is out there.

@@isaacpowell6182 will you do research on what Putin says here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oIeYoF1VhHc.html

@@_S.T.A.L.K.E.R._ what misinformation?

@@thebestofallworlds187 believe he’s talking about these ‘independent fact checkers’ that hide the truth

Dude, Khrushchev was one of those who was responsible for repressions.

Molotov was the lucky one.

@@SpiritOfOrange, omg, what do you mean when you say “lucky”? Molotov was also responsible for repressions as lots of other people in politburo (most of them became the main critics of Stalin after his death), Molotov was close friend of Stalin, he was one of the oldest bolsheviks in the party. He wasn’t lucky, because it was not about luck, okey?

@@borracho7 Yes, he was lucky because he was on Stalin’s many death lists. “Molotov retained his place as a leading Soviet diplomat and politician until March 1949, when he fell out of Stalin's favour and lost the foreign affairs ministry leadership to Andrei Vyshinsky. Molotov's relationship with Stalin deteriorated further, with Stalin criticizing Molotov in a speech to the 19th Party Congress.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyacheslav_Molotov EDIT: Additionally, being “one of the oldest Bolsheviks in the party” is no argument for impunity from Stalin’s purges. Look what happened to Trotsky.

@@SpiritOfOrange, lol, Wikipedia, bro. 1. We talk about the Great Purge, 1949 isn’t the time of Great Purge. 2. Molotov was dismissed in 1949 not because of he lost Stalin’s favour but because of Beria and Malenkov tried to clean the way to power for themselves. 3. Stalin criticized lot of people and not all of those people were killed or repressed. Criticism is okay, and Molotov or for example Rokossovsky often argued with Stalin. They continued to work together (Stalin and Molotov) after 1949 and till the death of Stalin Molotov was known in public opinion and in state propaganda as the second man in the country right after Stalin. 4. Trotsky was not old bolshevik, he becarme the member of bolshevik’s party only in July 1917, Molotov was the member of RSDRP since 1906 (he was only 16 years old at this time). Also Trotsky didn’t support a lot of bolshevik’s decisions, he wasn’t bolshevik if we talk about his political ideas. Molotov was much more consistent in this issue. I agree that it was not something like absolute shield but this thing meant a lot for Stalin and for the party.

Curious to hear what other perspective did you know/learn?

Not much has changed with the NYT.

Can you link that for me?

We weren’t exactly a bastón of freedom then either. Things are much better now.

@Nasty Lil bitch millions of people were not put in gulags , displaced and killed in the USA compared to the USSR.

Uncle Joe strikes again

What is more funny prosecutor Vyshinsky was a prominent prosecutor in 1917 during Kierenski government and demanded Lenin dead or alive when Lenin was in a hide

That’s awesomeness man. Nice 😭👏🤗👍🏻

@@kazkk2321 yeah, too bad the farmer was executed via firing squad 😒

What's that Joe Biden I saw?

You, my friend, just got yourself in trouble. Even by telling this joke to your family member, you committed a crime. And we are talking the entire Internet here who heard you telling that joke. No, you will not be shot. You will only spend 15 years in a labor camp. If you starve to death or die of a disease in the camp, you will eventually be claimed innocent.

Including Paul Robeson

@@anthonyfuqua6988 Indeed.

@@anthonyfuqua6988 And Pete Seeger while we're at it. I don't recall if he actually was a member, but certainly was an enthusiastic fellow traveler and apologist.

@@sheilamacdougal4874 Yes the show trials of 37 an 38 did turn off some western communists but not all. Robeson continued to visit even after the trials. I know Seeger was involved but to what extent I'm not 100% sure on when he became lukewarm on Stalanism. I think his flirtation with Marxism continued though.

None were more loyal to Stalin than his American apologists.

Y did the polish operation of the nkvd start I need help I’m doing a project on this

When you get rid of God and trade it in with Charles Darwin and atheism and communism you Get Joseph Stalin.

@@joethekinghawk7514 a lot of people don't believe in god without become paranoid murderers lmao calm your religious preaching xD

@@nicholasbrassard3512 He has a point though. Without an absolute authority, one who provided the basic fundamental human rights Laws there is really no accountability. If you accept evolution as fact then who has the right to determine what is right or wrong? You cant tell me how to behave and I cant tell you. Its survival of the fittest right? God provided 10 simple laws on how to behave and WE, man, choose to ignore them and ultimately, HIM. We even blather on that we are doing whatever we do in Hs name. Pfft! Look how thats turned out. He will have something to say to each of us when the time comes. Especially those who claimed to do it in His name.

@@chrislastname744 Meh, absolute authority corrupts absolutely. One need go no further that the history of the Popes to understand that if there is a God, then it's every man's decision as to the workings of God's will and right and wrong.

Oh there is, and everyone will be held accountable. Even Pope's.

#Yang2020

Thank you comrade yang

I can't feel my face 9 minutes in

I died of alcohol poisoning

Another day in Russia my friend

@@gizboliberty8643 🤣

This is a pretty old video of mine, so I'm rather surprised it received a few hundred views the past several days.

@@HoH showed up for me today 2/21/21

Its a shame his horrific gulags arent up and running just for them

Here is a brief list of the achievements of the two revolutions of 1917: - The peasants were given more land. - The working day is reduced from 10.5 hours to 8 hours. - Improvement of the health care system. - The policy of eliminating illiteracy of the population. - Equality of men and women is presented. - Elimination of class privileges. - Separation of church from state.

@@Mentol_ If you where Stalin everyone that dissagred with that (what you just stated without proofing it in any way) would have been executed if they didn't gave you applause and flattering words, it's pretty clear that Stalin was a trailblazer in genocides earlier than Hitler who later wanted to compete with Stalin for the biggest terror on the human race, and with the history books we can also see that Stalin vad ni problem being a racist and doing ethnicall cleansing. In WWII be also demanded the army to keep the civilians in and don't let them evacuate the cities that where under attack, that caused millions of civilians deaths and dead people usually don't have much use of nice words on a paper that is created to glorify and misslead those who wasn't there wasn't fanatic secteristic followers of the Stalin Cult, the truth is that Communists in power never got held accountable by those fundamentalists who make Communist/Socialist Ideologies their new religion, they can't aknowledged that people from the Socialist Party in Italy started the Facist Party there, they have no problem (100% of all lies is created to keep the truth away from the reciver of the lie) so fanatics leftists never bring up the terror of Communist/Matxist/Socialist regimes, they never going to bring up Holodomor, Gulag the ethnicall cleansings, they never brings up "The Great Leap" or the "Cultural Revolution" that was a way to keep those who demanded leaders hel accountable for the first one, they never brings up the Red Khmeers genocide in Cambodia, they have no problem to hide the true name of the party Hitler lead National Socialist Party that in the 1920-30s also said "Take the power from the Aristhocrats" and "Nationalize the Banks, and Industrial Corporations" they started with the watchmakers and scared all Bank and Industrial leaders to get behind them with that move, they also wanted to build a huge state machinery as all communist/socialist wants, and whole the media and cultur sectors where injected with goverment money, and after that they infiltrated all institutions from schools to science projects to put ideological loyals in charge and fire political opponents from the whole area. Todays leftists neverlift a finger when a leader of a country of 5 millions shot and kill 300 protester in a few minutes and injuries thousands by using excessive brutality, in that kind of cases todays pro communist/socialist never want it on their prefered news media they don't brings it up to public discussions, they just don't want it to be known so their images of being a humanitarian ideology going to keep fooling people untill they get into power and can start their Reign Of Terror once more creating genocide after genocide on those who ever have the courage to hold them accountable for their actions here and know and in history, remember that lies keeps the truth away from you 100% so be aware of those who tries to hide the truth, and when you find out anyway they try to confuse you, if you still doesn't giving up on finding the truth they then tries to misslead you with false "evidence" and other methods or bombard you with "Whatabouisms". Marx once said that Capitalism going to end in powerful Monopolies, Communists and Socialists said: "Well why not create those monopolies directly and create a state of Political Nepotism camouflaged as an political ideology by selling it as an Utopia Faritayle to the people, and then we in the top can live lifes like the richest capitalists but with control over the justice system and all kind of weapons from military, police and intelligence agencies so we never can be hels accountable", to give away the power to the ideologies that created the most egoistic politians rulers that ever walked on earth, how can we not teach coming generations of the Nazino Island (Cannibal Island) in Siberia were Communist/Socialists placed political prisoners together with hardened criminals without food to let them eat each other, at that time when the Communist Regime at that moment first discarded all passports and a little later reintroduced passports but only to the ones the Communist Party thought was agreeable and then made it a criminal offense to don't have a passport so they could hunt down their critics, talk about political corruption what can be more corrupt than killing your opponents in such a way.

1. Stalin was never a racist. Racism is not compatible with internationalism. 2. Of course, you cannot quote Stalin’s order forbidding civilians to evacuate from cities during the war. Because it's a fake. 3. After the famine in 1933, some communists and agrarian workers were condemned by the state for misconduct during the disaster. 4. Communism has never proclaimed itself a new religion. 5. Hitler said in an interview that the name of his party could be liberal. It’s just populism to draw the attention of social justice advocates to his party. The rest of your rhetoric is conspiracy theories.

Not only in Russia. The communist party in Greece , still idolise him and come up with the excuse that the great purge was and is anti-communist propaganda. My grandfather ( who was Greek ) after surviving the purge , he still fought valiantly in the second world war...

Destroyed? It's spreading around the world right now. Swallowing Europe and the U.S. as we speak

@@mrbranson73 Well said. But maybe 1 % of population sees this.

@@mrbranson73 its more of a technological corporatist takeover that wants to turn people into mindless consumers all living on a social credit system...shits some transhumanist shit

@@mrbranson73 That was Soviet Socialism. American Socialism will be perfect.

Good point. A lot of ordinary Soviet citizens were killed or starved to death by being trapped in this country held by this monster of a leader.

So he's down with the nazi's? Not surprised. Soviets, Nazi's and zionists should all swing on the gallows. 😅

either way, wall street financed all of them

@@michalaugustniak433 Of course..

You defeated no one.. Don't flatter yourself... Communist muscle and the Soviet blood defeated the Third Reich .. the rest?? Well they stick around to take the credit..

@@steephanroy8461 considering they were probably more scared of their own leader they were just cowards to me not willing to stand up to their own government a bunch of non patriots on both sides of the eastern front the only reason the soviets won is because they were more scared as the nazis didn’t persecute all of their people. I have no respect for either side of that front and if it was a 3 way war free people would have won nukes would’ve been out of communist reach for years

Good point. The sources I read about it stated it was on the street at night closeby the Smolny institute, but one quick google search reveals you’re right. Thanks for the reply!

Yes I recall that about Kirov from the documentary Stalin Man of Steel.

His bodyguard was held up outside of the building when Kirov was shot. Later, that bodyguard was killed in a suspicious car accident...

@@GINGOLOGUNGA One account tells of Kirov being with the wife of a junior party member at an apartment house. The husband who was on duty that night got the ratting from an unknown source ( ... ), & rushed there. & of curse Kirov's bodyguard was nowhere in sight. Kirov answered the door knock and was confronted with the husband who shot him dead after some harsh exchange. In any case it was a cheka set-up on the master's orders. The 1992 Robert Duvall movie adopted the thesis quoted by the O.P. Later when Mr. K ordered the reburial of Awfoul Joe, he had him put under a simple stone slab with just name + entry & exit vintages. & neighbour to Kirov.

She corrected you. Shot?

Katyn

.....and after I am shot, my last words will be, "Sorry for messing up your clean floor." gallows humor.

You are obviously totally ignorant. Just a pathetic moron sucked up to spout out about right wing media. Stalin was an unhinged psychopath, no doubt. But a deeper understanding is required.

Your welcum

A lot of americans seem very paranoid about communists xD do you guys think it's still the cold war or something? I've yet to see any politician coming close being a socialist or advocating this type of shit

@@nicholasbrassard3512 , you aren't paying attention, or you have no connection with reality. It is one of those two things.

@@brabham74 you seem like a moron...maybe smoke some weed and calm down Joe Biden isnt leading us to communism lmao hes literally Trump 2.0

@@Kayvonix , ok, you 82 IQ genius, what Is dementia Joe leading us to?

@@brabham74 the same shit Trump was doing take off your fox glasses my 32 IQ friend

Hell yeah

Those fools don't know anything about what happened to the "Old Bolsheviks.' Also you are too polite to mention that the total Soviet death toll was around 66M.

Stalinism and Social Democracy are two different things. It's like saying Denmark is the same as North Korea. (Which isn't true.)

@@emuriddle9364 it’s all a sham without voter ID

What the fuck are you talking about boomer, it sounds like you are eagerly waiting for it in your little boomer room

Today it is bankrupt and is propped up by wealthy people of a certain ethnicity.

That included lillian helmann,"the more they deny it,the more they are guilty"she way on to defend stalin right until her dead in 1986.

NYT is a Jewish organisation what do you expect

@@princecharming4708 then they should hate it, because jews are anti communist

@@bertplank8011 of course, it's in new york, that'd be like being surprised that everyone in the government of burundi is black

Yes. A fine little history.

Not a coincidence at all; but maybe the architects of the reset will also disappear. The spirit of this age seems the same as then, that of an unclean spirit.

And the Great Leap Forward in China. Same thing. Millions died of starvation under Mao

None of these things seem "great" (purge, reset ,leap) to me. In fact, they kind of suck.

@@misterscaz6011 i agree

@@adacamper3627 And all that was absolutely topped by the unspeakable crimes of Nazis,Germans and Hit(!)ler. As every school kid knows.

Welcome aboard, Jessica!

Read the books of Werth (in French) and Google "Nkvd secret orders".

Our historians usually have a romanticized view of any dictator of the Left. Stalin's horrors are continually played down.

Won't be any purges of folks in the U.S. The people of the SOVIET UNION were not armed. NKVD did Stalin's dirty work. The armed military was something Stalin knew better than to try to purge.

@@terrancenorris9992 But Terrance he did purge the armed military and they defeated the White Army ( those that stayed loyal to the old order ) terror is such a powerful weapon , look at the Afghan Army they will not stand and fight they are hoping to get away with a story of "we were with you all the time we were just pretending to be with the Westerners , they have more than likely been giving the Taliban info for a least the last 4 months since your senile POTUS usurper told them that you were going 4 months ago , that is why they are moving so fast they had time to prepare without any concerns. I truly worry for your Republic the shinning light of freedom for the world, that light is being extinguished before our very eyes. Love free America

in the first second of the video there is cheap anti-Soviet propaganda. Cheap manipulation of consciousness. I am 100% sure that you and most foreigners here did not even understand this. Sorry for google translator

Thank you for the kind words. I am completely new when it comes to creating videos so any advice is more than welcome! You make a very fair point about the window, I hadn't thought about that. I am moving house next month so hopefully I will be able to create a bit of a better set-up than I have right now. I strive to improve my videos a little every time. Just invested in a new camera and microphone! About the photos: once I start editing the video for coming Friday I will check if that is a possibility and if it looks good! It is a possibility to just split the screen, and have a large picture on the left part of the screen, perhaps in a frame or something. Good shout! Merci beaucoup et bonne chance avec vos vidéos! (Had to dig deep for my highschool French memories)

@@HoH My pleasure; you have genuinely good content, especially if you're a new channel. You should also consider adding end screen cards. You'll see it makes a huge difference. Natural light is best, cheap lighting you can get! My only issue would be dealing with it blinding you; I'm not sure how you could avoid it but I'm sure you can find some resources about it. And improving at every video, even by a bit, is great - that's exactly what I try to do. Looking forward to seeing the new setup and equipment! Yes, you could do that, but I feel like it would be more natural just a photo emerging on the side rather than cutting your frame in half. But that's just my opinion. It's worth trying different things into you find an aesthetic you enjoy! Ton français est excellent! Bonne chance avec tes vidéos aussi!

Good question! I can't find a concrete reason online. I'll have a look and perhaps it is worth covering the topic in a video!

@@HoH The Japanese were itchy to move into Soviet territory. Zhukov was to important to be shot-------------For the time being. There was massive pressure on the Soviet Union. Stalin was the head of the Bureaucracy. A servant who took over the house even before Lenin's death. They were ex Tsarists who wanted a quiet life. Stalin's rodent brain thought to rid the USSR of all Revolutionarys in a way that the would show the Capitalists that he had no intention of spreading and aiding Revolution in the Planet. Trotsky founded the Red Army so the Red Army had to go. He had read his Bible as trained Priest and remembered King Herod killing all the new born. Stalin's political crimes lead to the eventual death of the USSR!

Gen Zhokov was on station in the Far East Military District and was able to pass unnoticed during those crazy times

@@HoH how did Lazar Kaganovitch escape the purges?

Apparently Churchill despised him. Patton was right, should have continued on

He was seen as the lesser evil to Hitler.

They needed him. Stalin was a complete madman, and he was exactly what was needed to keep that Nazi madman busy in the East. Remember, without Russian efforts, the allies would have a nearly impossible task of overcoming Fortress Europe and establishing a continental beach head.

@@opannefrank1986 in a few words - no one cared for the millions of death in Ukraine (caused by hunger), because Uncle Joe found himself among the "good guys", right?

@@darwinism14 I care about the atrocities committed by Stalin. I'm just explaining the historical context of the alliance. It wasn't an alliance of mutual respect, shared cultural values, or convivial fondness. It was an alliance of necessity

Let's play R(ussian) R(oulette) to decide.

How many political prisoners in the US? How many Gulags in the US?

Buffoon. Probably a Bolshevik.

But in the US there are no political prisoners and Stalin also has a habit of shooting many prisoners which kept the numbers down We give most of our murderers life sentences Also almost none of our prisons are in Alaska and our prisoners are fed (not the best food, but still food with the ability to buy a few things that are actually tasty)

Yes the USA is such an horrible place to live in

Although Americans prefer to imprison street criminals over white collar criminals and leaking classified documents is treated harshly; political repression is not on the scale of Russia. Putin has invested time in rehabilitating Stalin as an effective leader and banned historical organisation Memorial which documented Stalin's purges by labelling it as a foreign agent and charging people running it with criminal offenses including child abuse.

Total madness

Yh wasn't it through the window

@@joshuagilbertyear926 He was shot by a man who walked up to Kirov as he walked down a corridor on the way to his office.

I've only used his Stalin: Breaker of Nations. If I find those books I'll definitely buy them though.

And to think that the treasure, in this case, was a country and the lives of millions of people. Funny that you mention pirates - next week's Tuesday video will be about a Russian pirate that sparked one of the first large-scale revolts against the Tsarist regime in Russia!

Did that really happen? After all, the only pirate that is known to ever bury treasure was William Kidd.

Coretta Ha. Pirates didn't bury treasure. They headed for the nearest port and got drunk and fornicated with prostitutes.

Чтобы это понять, необходимо жить в это время и в этой стране, где был кровавый диктатор Сталин.

In Robert Louis Stevenson's novel 'Treasure Island', Long John Silver describes how his old pirate captain, Captain Flint selected 8 men to accompany him with the treasure and row to the island where they were to help him bury it. Only Captain Flint returned to the shore to be collected, the others were never seen again. Evidently he had found some way to eliminate them all after they buried the treasure, so there would be no one else left who knew where it was.

Ahhh... targeting random supporters - yes, very clever and explains a lot. Keep the entire population on their toes - anyone can be next.

It's a rabbit hole to be honest. Good luck!

@@HoH I went back and watched the 3 videos in order. Now when my books get here I’ll be in a better place to start hopefully. My last rabbit hole was the Cristero War in Mexico. That was very interesting too.

The same kind of hysterical which hunts can actually happen in systems that fall short of totalitarianism as well, but this instance is clearly one of those where the state clearly took up as its mission the complete control of thought of its subjects.

Two of my family members where also shot. They said...."ALL LIVES MATTER"

Bit of an L unlucky g

It was a crime. They could say that what they were being told about the West was a lie.

Correct. You're one of maybe four who understand this. Maybe five. Americans today are ignorant of this. Onward they march making things better for us all.

Then why didn't any other communist leader conduct purges, before or after Stalin?

@@squatch545 Prior to Stalin was Lenin; anyone can read about Lenin's tactics. Contemporary with both were Beria, Trotsky, and others; read about them. Immediately following Stalin was Kruschev; plenty about his repressions are recorded. Not sure what point you are after. Lammi's comment about Kotkin's research is spot on: Kotkin noted that Stalin was true to communist doctrine originating with Marx et al, as were Lenin, and Trotsky and Russian Bolsheviks. What is currently runaway train in the United States seems shackled to this same ideology. The point I am after is, a kind of tactical Bolshevism is currently afoot in the United States guided by the same overall communist ideology. And that, some beg the public to see, is quite contrary to the cornerstone foundations that our forebears and Constitutional framers set forth for the guidance of the most precious republican democracy we have in these United States that, contrary to current cancel culture, has indeed been generous to Americans and foreigners alike, including our freed slaves.

@@jazz4asahel "precious republic democracy" I laughed out loud on that. "Cancel culture" is another manufactured outrage tactic by your precious. It's just accountability. Change is inevitable. Can't stay in the 50s forever. Upcoming generations just want to have a life of equity, fairness and a living wage. If that means breaking the status quo for a decent living, people are going to do it. Boomers are pissed at leftists taking hold in society now as if it wasn't a direct result from (*checks notes*) precious boomers creating them. Kids and grandkids are here now trying to survive and you fucking hate them.

I disagree, most other communist leaders aroubd the world and in the Soviet Union after Stalin, did use purges. The only other example was Pol Pot in Cambodia and Mao in China. It is false to say that purges are inherent in communist regimes or any type of regime.

Thank you! Cheers!

@@vasilikim4846 Wrong.

@@vasilikim4846 Certainly, Tsarist Russia was a backward horror. However, Communism always ends up this way. It must have absolute power to take from whom it wants and to give to whom it wants. Absolute power always devolves into power for the most cruel and rabid leader. Cuba, Communist China, Cambodia, Vietnam (some of my friends had their fathers murdered or imprisoned for years by the regime), Zimbabwe, etc. have all gone that way.

Ironic because the NKVD was not at all a communist organization and was later opposed by Stalin and like-minded individuals in the party and country (Marxist-Leninists). The NKVDs lead officials and leaders, Genrikh Yagoda and Nikolai Yezhov were both undemocratic conspirers who carried out illegal arrests and executions as the NKVD because of a lack of time and democratic consideration was at the time ahead of the democratic party parties and government organizations. This is ironic because despite all of this, in your extreme biased opinion (due to your grandfathers' bad faith retribution) you believe any wrongdoings were machinations of Stalin and the Communist party when Stalin personally wanted the NKVD punished more severely than they were! This perverted twisting of facts and entire generations of propagandized people is exactly where your blam and this idiots video come from