Show trials and great purges
- Stalin was feared of a counter-revolution
- Secret police NKVD
- Enemies were old heroes of revolution and people with to much popular support
- 1 in 5 army officers executed
- Show trials
To fight the possibility of a counter-revolution, Stalin formed a secret police called NKVD to eliminate all persons who constituted possible threat, for example people with popular support like old heroes of the revolution and also army officers. The were put on Show Trials were they were forced to admit they had what they were charged with.