Power and the Soviet Elite

Abakumov accused activity affair Agranov announcement appointed Army arrest became began Beria Bukharin Bulganin campaign carried Central Committee charge Cheka Chekist chief Comintern Commissariat Commissars Communist Communist Party Congress connected Council of Ministers course CPSU crimes deputy dictatorship doctors doubt economic execution fact forces foreign policy Georgian German Gorki head Ignatiev important internal investigation Kaganovich Kamenev Khrushchev Kirov kolkhozes Konev Kremlin leaders leadership Lenin Leningrad liquidation major Malenkov ment military Ministry Moscow murder NICOLAEVSKY Nikolaev NKVD official OGPU Old Bolshevik opponents opposition Oppositionists Ordzhonikidze organization Orgburo Paragraph particularly Party apparatus peasants People's period plans played Plenum Politburo political Poskrebyshev Pravda Presidium purge question rehabilitation responsible revolutionary Riumin role Russian secret Secretary Slansky Social Socialist Soviet regime Soviet Union speech Stalin Stalin's death Stalinist struggle Suslov terror terroristic Tiflis Tiflis trial tion Yenukidze Yenukidze's Yezhov Zhdanov Zhdanovites Zhukov