Moscow Trials
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The Moscow Trials were a series of highly publicized show trials in the late 1930s Soviet Union, where many Old Bolsheviks and other alleged opponents of Joseph Stalin were forced to confess to fabricated crimes and subsequently executed or imprisoned.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Moscow Trials canonical | 21 |
| Moscow show trials | 4 |
| Stalinist show trials | 3 |
| Moscow Trial of the Sixteen | 2 |
| first Moscow Show Trial | 2 |
| 1930s Moscow Trials | 1 |
| First Moscow Trial | 1 |
| Leipzig trial | 1 |
| Moscow Show Trials | 1 |
| Moscow Trials of the 1930s | 1 |
| Third Moscow Trial | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Moscow Trials Context triple: [Stalinist repressions, hasPart, Moscow Trials]
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Wilhelmstrasse Trial
The Wilhelmstrasse Trial was one of the subsequent Nuremberg war crimes trials, prosecuting high-ranking officials of Nazi Germany’s ministries and government agencies for their roles in planning and executing aggressive war and atrocities.
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Buchenwald Trial
The Buchenwald Trial was a post–World War II U.S. military tribunal held at Dachau in 1947 to prosecute SS personnel and collaborators for war crimes and atrocities committed at the Buchenwald concentration camp.
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Nuremberg trials
The Nuremberg trials were a series of landmark military tribunals held after World War II to prosecute leading Nazi officials for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes against peace.
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Nuremberg Milch Trial
The Nuremberg Milch Trial was a post–World War II U.S. military tribunal that prosecuted Luftwaffe Field Marshal Erhard Milch for war crimes and crimes against humanity related to forced labor and the exploitation of concentration camp prisoners.
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Krupp Trial
The Krupp Trial was a post–World War II Nuremberg military tribunal in which leading executives of the German arms manufacturer Krupp were prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity related to their use of forced labor and support of Nazi aggression.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Moscow Trials Target entity description: The Moscow Trials were a series of highly publicized show trials in the late 1930s Soviet Union, where many Old Bolsheviks and other alleged opponents of Joseph Stalin were forced to confess to fabricated crimes and subsequently executed or imprisoned.
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A.
Wilhelmstrasse Trial
The Wilhelmstrasse Trial was one of the subsequent Nuremberg war crimes trials, prosecuting high-ranking officials of Nazi Germany’s ministries and government agencies for their roles in planning and executing aggressive war and atrocities.
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B.
Buchenwald Trial
The Buchenwald Trial was a post–World War II U.S. military tribunal held at Dachau in 1947 to prosecute SS personnel and collaborators for war crimes and atrocities committed at the Buchenwald concentration camp.
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C.
Nuremberg trials
The Nuremberg trials were a series of landmark military tribunals held after World War II to prosecute leading Nazi officials for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes against peace.
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D.
Nuremberg Milch Trial
The Nuremberg Milch Trial was a post–World War II U.S. military tribunal that prosecuted Luftwaffe Field Marshal Erhard Milch for war crimes and crimes against humanity related to forced labor and the exploitation of concentration camp prisoners.
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E.
Krupp Trial
The Krupp Trial was a post–World War II Nuremberg military tribunal in which leading executives of the German arms manufacturer Krupp were prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity related to their use of forced labor and support of Nazi aggression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
political trial
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show trial ⓘ |
| aftermath |
execution of most principal defendants
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gulag imprisonment for some defendants ⓘ |
| aim |
elimination of real and perceived political rivals
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intimidation of Soviet society ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Moscow Show Trials
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linked to:
Moscow Trials
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| characterizedBy |
coerced confessions
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extensive propaganda coverage ⓘ fabricated evidence ⓘ pre-determined verdicts ⓘ |
| charge |
conspiracy with foreign powers
ⓘ
espionage ⓘ sabotage ⓘ terrorism ⓘ treason ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| defendant |
Alexei Rykov
ⓘ
Christian Rakovsky ⓘ Genrikh Yagoda ⓘ Grigory Zinoviev ⓘ Karl Radek ⓘ Lev Kamenev ⓘ Nikolai Bukharin ⓘ Nikolai Krestinsky ⓘ Nikolai Muralov ⓘ Yuri Piatakov ⓘ |
| endTime | 1938 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Trial of the Seventeen
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Trial of the Sixteen ⓘ Trial of the Twenty-One ⓘ |
| judicialBody | Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| laterAssessment | widely regarded as miscarriages of justice ⓘ |
| laterEvent | posthumous rehabilitation of many defendants during Khrushchev Thaw ⓘ |
| location | Moscow ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Old Bolsheviks
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alleged Trotskyists ⓘ alleged opponents of Joseph Stalin ⓘ |
| organizer |
Joseph Stalin
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NKVD ⓘ |
| partOf | Great Purge ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
Stalinist repression
ⓘ
consolidation of Stalin's power ⓘ |
| presidingJudge | Vasily Ulrikh ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
forced confessions
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long-term imprisonment of defendants ⓘ mass executions ⓘ |
| startTime | 1936 ⓘ |
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Subject: Moscow Trials Description of subject: The Moscow Trials were a series of highly publicized show trials in the late 1930s Soviet Union, where many Old Bolsheviks and other alleged opponents of Joseph Stalin were forced to confess to fabricated crimes and subsequently executed or imprisoned.
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