Red Terror
Campaign of political repression and executions in Russia by the Bolsheviks (1918–1922) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Red Terror (Russian: красный террор, romanized: krasnyy terror) was a campaign of political repression and executions in Soviet Russia carried out by the Bolsheviks, chiefly through the Cheka, the Bolshevik secret police. It officially started in early September 1918 and lasted until 1922.[5][6] Arising after assassination attempts on Vladimir Lenin along with the successful assassinations of Petrograd Cheka leader Moisei Uritsky and party editor V. Volodarsky[7] in alleged retaliation for Bolshevik mass repressions, the Red Terror was modeled on the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution,[8] and sought to eliminate political dissent, opposition, and any other threat to Bolshevik power.[9]
Part of the Russian Civil War | |
Native name | Красный террор / Красный терроръ Krasnyy terror |
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Date | August 1918 – February 1922 |
Duration | 3–4 years |
Location | Soviet Russia |
Motive | Political repression |
Target | Anti-Bolshevik groups, clergy, rival socialists, counter-revolutionaries, peasants, and dissidents |
Organized by | Cheka |
Deaths | Estimate:
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More broadly, the term can be applied to Bolshevik political repression throughout the Civil War (1917–1922).[10][11][12].