Chapter 1049: The Great Purge
On the afternoon of December 1, 1934, Kirov, a member of the Politburo of the Russian Federation, was shot at the Molny Palace in Leningrad and died on the spot.
You must know that Kirov is one of the top leaders of Brudenia and Russia, and his assassination will cause a great shock in the whole party and the whole country of Brudenia and Russia.
"Check! Be sure to check it out! Whoever participated in the murder of Comrade Kirov must not be spared, and must be made to pay the price! Joseph was furious, but the NKVD of Burussia immediately launched an investigation into Kirov's assassination.
"Yes, Comrade Joseph!" NKVD Yagoda replied loudly.
After Yagoda left, a smile appeared on Joseph's face. Obviously, this assassination of Kirov will be an opportunity for him to clean up those rebels. Taking this opportunity, the House Committee can go out in a big way.
On the day of Kirov's assassination, Joseph made changes to the criminal code of Burussia without discussion and approval by the Politburo: first, the judicial organs should expedite the trial of prisoners accused of planning or carrying out terrorist acts. Investigation of cases of terrorist activities must not exceed 10 days. Secondly, the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the Russian Federation will not consider the applications of such criminals for pardon. Once a judgment has been rendered, it cannot be appealed or pardoned. Thirdly, the NKVD shall carry out such offenders as soon as they are sentenced to death.
It is precisely these amendments to the Criminal Code that have enabled the NKVD of Buenos to arrest and interrogate senior party, government, and military leaders of Burundi and Russia with impunity. Then he used all means to torture him, and after being beaten into a trick, he was directly shot.
At the behest of Joseph, the NKVD began a mass arrest of those suspected of assassinating Kirov. Of course, this is nothing more than an excuse. The real ones to deal with were those who opposed Joseph.
Initially, the NKVD also arrested those men under the guise of investigating the assassination of Kirov. But soon, they began to arrest those who defended the country directly. Of course, all this is still just a crime they fabricated at will.
Moscow, an upscale residential area. Many of the people who live here are high-ranking leaders of Burussia.
After the most difficult time, although the conditions in the country are still not very good, there are still many people who do not even have enough to eat. However, the leaders of Burussia are already in a better position to enjoy a better life. Joseph believes that if the leaders of Burussia live a better life, they will have more energy to devote themselves to the handling of state affairs. So, several high-end residential complexes were created in Moscow, which were allocated to the top leaders.
A dozen trucks drove outside the residential area, and the headlights illuminated the surroundings. The heavily armed soldiers, jumping out of the truck, could be seen from their armbands, which were subordinate units of the NKVD.
"Quick! Fast! Hold the main intersection and do not allow the suspect to escape. An officer commanded loudly.
A tall, thin middle-aged man, leading a group of soldiers, walked straight into the residential area. The soldiers guarding the residential area did not dare to stand in the way at all. You must know that after Kirov's assassination, the NKVD made a lot of arrests in Moscow, and almost everyone knew that the NKVD was unprovoked.
The group went straight to a villa in the residential area. Here, Zinoviev's residence.
"Bumper!"
There was a knock on the door, and when the people inside opened the door, they were stunned, as if they did not expect so many soldiers.
"Who are you looking for?" Zinoviev's wife asked.
No one paid any attention to her, and the soldiers rushed straight in.
"Yagoda, what do you want to do?" Zinoviev, who was writing documents in the study, heard the movement and immediately ran out and happened to see these people. He knew that the leader was none other than NKVD Yagoda.
"Comrade Zinoviev, your crimes have been exposed, come with us!" Yagoda said triumphantly. This is the first time they have arrested a high-ranking leader like a political commissar! Usually, these Politburo members look high in front of him. Now, they were about to become prisoners, which made him feel very special.
"What? What am I guilty of. Yagoda, you're arresting people indiscriminately! I want to react to Comrade Joseph, I want to appeal to the chairman of the Central Executive Committee! Zinoviev roared angrily.
"Humph! Take! Yagoda simply ignored Zinoviev's threat.
You know, Zinoviev is a member of the Politburo, and if someone doesn't give him the instructions, Yagoda won't dare to arrest anyone, no matter how bold he is! So, all this is not the Kremlin one who is in charge.
Zinoviev was arrested, and many people in the residential area saw it, and they were all shocked.
"Oh my God! Comrade Zinoviev was also arrested, what should be done? ”
"The NKVD is even able to arrest members of the Politburo, do they want to cover the sky with one hand?"
The day after Zinoviev's arrest, another senior leader of Burussia, Kamenev, was also arrested.
Soon after, the two were interrogated by the NKVD and finally executed on charges of 'selling themselves to a foreign spy agency' and 'establishing a terrorist organization to assassinate Kirov and other senior leaders of Buff and Russia'.
One of the biggest reasons why the two of them were shot was that they were representatives of the new opposition, which posed a threat to Joseph's rule.
This was only the beginning, and the NKVD's actions soon spread throughout the country. Hundreds of thousands of people were arrested by them for various crimes, and many were shot.
The NKVD's arrests were carried out not only within the Buenos Buenos and the Russian government, but also extended to the military. The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Army, Marshal Tukhachevsky, was similarly arrested. You must know that Marshal Tukhachevsky is an outstanding military strategist known as the Red Napoleon, who made a lot of contributions in the Russian Civil War, and was deeply appreciated by Ulyanov.
It is precisely because of this that Marshal Tukhachevsky did not give Joseph much face. Therefore, Joseph naturally wanted to get rid of such disobedient people.
In addition, there were many people in the army who were related to Trotsky. In order to gain full control of the army, Joseph had to execute them.