A revolutionary imprisoned during the Great Purges
Explanation:
This took place during the Great Purge or the Great Terror. It was a time of the Communist party purge, government officials, and there were the Red Army leadership, widespread police surveillance, suspicion of saboteurs, counter-revolutionaries and intense imprisonments.
Alot of people died; research reveal that an estimated total number of deaths were between 680,000 and 1,200,000.
The Great Purge occurred between 1936 to 1938 - a campaign in the Soviet Union which resulted to genoicidal acts on ethnic minorities and repression of Kulaks.
A revolutionary imprisoned during the Great Purges
Explanation:
The Great Purge also called Purge trials or Great terror was a period of brutal campaign led by the dictator Joseph Stalin. His campaign was fuelled by the need to eliminate or dissenting members and threats to his leadership as he did gotten from members of the former Bolsheviks or Lenin's government. This period(1930s) saw estimates of about 750000 deaths/executions and forced labour for millions.
The quote above was made by one of the revolutionaries that fought against the brutal dictatorship government of Stalin.
United States presidential election of 1964, American presidential election held on November 3, 1964, in which Democratic Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Republican Barry Goldwater in one of the largest landslides in U.S. history.
