The Great Purge of the 1930s in the Town of Leninsk-Kuznetskiy (Based on the Materials of the Newspapers "Leninskiy Shakhter" and "Sovetskaia Sibir") by V. A. Ovchinnikov

“…The research featured the repressions of the 1930s, or the Great Purge. The article focuses on the case of the town of Leninsk-Kuznetskiy. …”
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The “First Great Purge” of American Television Programming: Understanding How and Why Popular Television Changed So Dramatically from the 1950s to the 1960s by Dennis Tredy

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Pulizia, giustizia e potere. Ruolo e significato del Terrore nell’esperienza staliniana by Filippo Ferrara ha conseguito la Laurea Triennale in Scienze della Comunicazione, indirizzo politico-istituzionale, presso l’Università degli studi di Roma Tor vergata. Attualmente è iscritto alla Laurea Magistrale in Scienze storiche dell’Università di Bologna.

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Leontiev about Matter and Consciousness: His Critique of Vygotsky in the Soviet context by Gisele Toassa

“…This paper seeks to outline the meaning of this campaign within the sinister context of the Soviet Great Purge and place Leontiev’s main critical text of Vygotsky in the context of the enforcement of a “pure and genuine” Marxism-Leninism on the sciences. …”
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The Spanish inquisition: Factional struggles among the Yugoslav interbrigadistas by Stefan Gužvica

“…I will attempt to contextualize the struggles inside the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ) within broader power dynamics of the Comintern during the Great Purge, in order to gain a better understanding of both the KPJ and the Comintern as a whole in this period. …”
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Level of Repression in Altai Regions between 1935 and 1937: An Attempt at Using Statistical and GIS Methods by Ekaterina Maksimovna Mishina

“…This article focuses on the analysis of the impact of socio-economic development indicators of Altai region and Oyrot autonomous region on the eve of the Great Purge (1935 — first half of 1937) on the regional intensity of repression. …”
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The Phenomenon of Collective Estate in Peredelkino. 1936‒1938 by Anna A. Koznova

“…The considerable and long-awaited improvement of everyday life led to the development of unusual hobbies among the writers, which would become an attempt to return to the pre-revolutionary dacha life for some, or a way to set up their own household for others, while being a means to escape from the reality of the Great Purge for all of them. This isolation, an attempt to regain control over their lives and creative work, did not pass unnoticed with the secret services and the leaders of the Soviet Writers’ Union. …”
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“¿Vendidos al enemigo?”: Disidentes y renegados del comunismo español (1921-1956) by Marta Ruiz Galbete

“…From the hope aroused by the triumph of the first proletarian revolution in history in 1917 and the “heroic communism” of the first years of the Third International, conceived as the global party of the Revolution, to the Great Purges (1936-1937) or the political trials in Popular Democracies (1947-1949), global communism has witnessed major changes. …”
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History of Tuva in the Soviet Period: A Problem-based, Objective and Tactful Approach by Renata V. Oplakaskaia

“…The authors treat sensitive issues, such as the Great Purges or optimization of political and economic processes within the state. …”
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