Great Terror
Type: Concept
As of November 2026, Great Terror has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Rest Is History (Nov 2025).
The Great Purge or Great Terror, also known as the Year of '37 and the Yezhovshchina, was a political purge in the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1939. After the assassination of Sergei Kirov by Leonid Nikolaev in 1934, Joseph Stalin launched a series of show trials known as the Moscow trials to remove suspected dissenters from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Nov 2025 on The Rest Is History |
Who talks about Great Terror on podcasts?
Tom Holland brought up Great Terror; the most recent mention was Nov 2025 on The Rest Is History.
- 1940: The Battle of France (Documentary) on The Rest Is History (Nov 2025) — Tom Holland
What is Great Terror mentioned alongside?
Great Terror is most often mentioned alongside Army Group A, General Maxim Weygand and Copenhagen.
Mentioned together: Army Group A, General Maxim Weygand, Copenhagen, Cher (biography/memoir), Flanders, Germany, St. Petersburg, British king, Oslo, Emma Chamberlain