Trial of the Twenty-One

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The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.

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Generate an image of the Trial of the Twenty-One (The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.)

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Trial of the Twenty-One canonical 11
Moscow Trials 2
First Moscow Trial 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
political trial ⓘ
show trial ⓘ
aim elimination of Old Bolsheviks ⓘ
intimidation of potential opposition ⓘ
allegedOrganization Bloc of Rights and Trotskyites ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Case of the Anti-Soviet "Bloc of Rights and Trotskyites" ⓘ
Third Moscow Trial ⓘ
linked to: Moscow Trials
charge conspiracy to overthrow the Soviet government ⓘ
espionage ⓘ
membership in an anti-Soviet bloc ⓘ
sabotage ⓘ
terrorism ⓘ
treason ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
date 1938 ⓘ
defendant Alexei Rykov ⓘ
Arkady Rosengolts ⓘ
Christian Rakovsky ⓘ
Genrikh Yagoda ⓘ
Karl Radek ⓘ
Nikolai Bukharin ⓘ
Nikolai Krestinsky ⓘ
Pavel Piatakov ⓘ
defendantCount 21 ⓘ
endDate 1938-03-13 ⓘ
executionDate 1938-03-15 ⓘ
executionMethod shooting ⓘ
historicalAssessment widely regarded as a show trial based on fabricated charges ⓘ
language Russian ⓘ
laterDevelopment posthumous rehabilitation of several defendants after Stalin's death ⓘ
legalSystem Soviet legal system ⓘ
location Hall of Columns ⓘ
Moscow ⓘ
Moscow Kremlin ⓘ
mainDefendant Nikolai Bukharin ⓘ
mediaCoverage Pravda ⓘ
Soviet radio ⓘ
notableFeature extensive propaganda coverage ⓘ
forced confessions ⓘ
pre-arranged verdicts ⓘ
partOf Great Purge ⓘ
Moscow Trials ⓘ
politicalContext Joseph Stalin's consolidation of power ⓘ
Stalinism ⓘ
linked to: Stalin era
presidingJudge Vasily Ulrikh ⓘ
prosecutor Andrey Vyshinsky ⓘ
linked to: Andrei Vyshinsky
result guilty verdicts for all defendants ⓘ
sentence death ⓘ
startDate 1938-03-02 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Purge → notableEvent → Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ
Stalin era → notableEvent → Moscow Trials ⓘ
linked to: Trial of the Twenty-One
Trial of the Sixteen → alsoKnownAs → First Moscow Trial ⓘ
linked to: Trial of the Twenty-One
Trial of the Sixteen → partOf → Moscow Trials ⓘ
linked to: Trial of the Twenty-One
Trial of the Sixteen → followedBy → Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ
Genrikh Yagoda → trial → Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ
Moscow Trials → hasPart → Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ
Hall of Columns → usedFor → Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ
Hall of Columns → associatedEvent → Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ
Arkady Rosengolts → notableEvent → Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ
Arkady Rosengolts → participantIn → Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ
Nikolai Krestinsky → participantIn → Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ
Trial of the Seventeen → precedes → Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ
Akmal Ikramov → participantIn → Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ