The Moscow Show Trials 1936-38

The Moscow Show Trials 1936-38

1. First Show Trial: August 1936

   • Zinoviev, Kamenev and 14 others put on trial for complicity with Trotsky to kill Stalin
   • 14 confessed including Kamenev and Zinoviev under torture
     • All 14 shot dead
   • Lead to further accusations of : Bukharin, Rykov, Tomsk and Piaeakov

2. Second Show Trial: January 1937

   • Piaeakov shot after pleading guilty
   • Few more sent to jail or shot
   • Ordzhonokidze ( Commissar for heavy industries in 5-year plans) was said to have a heart attack but killed instead

3. Third Show Trial: March 1938

   • Accused included Bukharin, Yagoda and Rykov
   • Tomsky committed suicide when linked to trial

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