The Great Purges and Show Trials
- Stalin feared being overthrown or having a counter-revolution
- He formed a secret police called the NKVD to remove threat.
- Old heroes of the revolution or anyone with popular support charged with treason.
- 1 in 5 officers in the army were executed
- often put on trial "show trials" Forved to admit they had done it
Summary: The show trials and the Great Purges were all done due to the fact that Stalin was worried of having an uprising or being overthrown.