Stalin's constitution of 1936 Freedom from arbitrary arrest Freedom of speech Free press Right to demonstrate Employment for all Universal suffrage for over 18 Free elections and secret ballots. Chistki (cleansing) with non-violent methods Reshape party as members required to renew party cards, 20% members V Public show trials, execution V NKVD mass terror denounced, arrested, imprisonment, executed, labour camps Gulag.
Stalin's constitution of 1936 Freedom from arbitrary arrest Freedom of speech Free press Right to demonstrate Employment for all Universal suffrage for over 18 Free elections and secret ballots. Chistki (cleansing) with non-violent methods Reshape party as members required to renew party cards, 20% members V Public show trials, execution V NKVD mass terror denounced, arrested, imprisonment, executed, labour camps Gulag.
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Stalin's constitution of 1936 Freedom from arbitrary arrest Freedom of speech Free press Right to demonstrate Employment for all Universal suffrage for over 18 Free elections and secret ballots. Chistki (cleansing) with non-violent methods Reshape party as members required to renew party cards, 20% members V Public show trials, execution V NKVD mass terror denounced, arrested, imprisonment, executed, labour camps Gulag.
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Freedom from arbitrary arrest Soviet Union as a federal state
Freedom of speech with 11 autonomous republics Free press Ethnic autonomy Right to demonstrate Respect for privacy and personal correspondence Supreme Soviet legislative Employment for all body with elected representatives Universal suffrage for over 18 Free elections and secret ballots Equality and joint ownership of means of production
★ Appearance of democracy for international consumption
★ Rights applied only to Communists to assure one-party dominance ★ “proof that socialism and democracy are invincible”
Chistki (cleansing) with non-violent methods
Reshape party as members required to renew party cards, 20% members ▼ Public show trials, execution ▼ NKVD mass terror denounced, arrested, imprisonment, executed, labour camps Gulag Targets for purges: Kulaks Ex-Mensheviks Old Bourgeois intelligentsia Potential rivals Popular, prominent figures Expulsion for drunkenness, corruption and lack of activity Workers and engineers accused of sabotage Critical or dissatisfied Replace potential sources of opposition in the Party by replacing them with nomenklatura.
Consequences for purges
Soviet labour camps Gulag Execution Imprisonment Show trials Denounced
Reasons for joining Communist party:
Lenin Enrolment 1924 Larger rations Access to consumer goods