In the 1930s, a large-scale purge movement took place in the Soviet Union. In the early 1930s, the Central Committee of the United Front headed by Stalin exaggerated the seriousness of class struggle, and launched a large-scale counter-revolutionary movement with 1934+05438+02+0 as the fuse to assassinate Kirov. During this period,1300,000 people were sentenced, of which 682,000 were shot, and many people suffered.

In this movement, * * * suppressed 35,000 officers, including 80% senior officers and 3/5 marshals, involving all military commanders and most group army commanders; Among the first five people who were awarded the rank of Marshal, tukhachevsky, Bruckel and yegorov were executed. 15 army commanders, there are also 13 killed; Of the 85 commanders, 57 were executed; 159 teacher, 1 10 was executed; More than 40,000 senior and middle-ranking officers above the battalion level were persecuted.