Death dates of victims of the Great Purge
Joseph Stalin's purges and massacres between 1936 and the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany (Great Purge) had about one million victims. This list includes some of the most prominent victims along with the date of their deaths. Except where otherwise stated, the date is that on which the individual was executed by shooting. 1936July 9 Aghasi Khanjian (murdered by Lavrentiy Beria or suicide) August 22 Mikhail Tomsky (suicide) 25 Grigori Zinoviev,[1] Lev Kamenev, Grigori Yevdokimov, Ivan Bakayev, Sergei Mrachkovsky, Ivan Smirnov, Vagarshak Ter-Vaganyan. September 25 (Genrikh Yagoda dismissed from his post as head of the NKVD, and replaced by Nikolai Yezhov) October 3 Platon Volkov[2] November 23 Boris Pinson December 28 Nestor Lakoba (suspected poisoning) 1937January 10 Martemyan Ryutin, Ivar Smilga, Pyotr Zalutsky. February 1 Georgy Pyatakov,[3] Mikhail Boguslavsky, Yakov Drobnis, Nikolai Muralov, Leonid Serebryakov. 18 Sergo Ordzhonikidze (possibly suicide) March May 26 Vladimir Nevsky, Alexander Slepkov, Vladimir Smirnov 31 Yan Gamarnik (suicide), Nikolai Uglanov June 12 Mikhail Tukhachevsky,[4] Roberts Eidemanis, Boris Feldman, August Kork, Vitaly Primakov, Vitovt Putna, Ieronim Uborevich, Iona Yakir. 17 Max Levien 19 Yakov Doletsky (suicide), Dmitry Shmidt[5] 20 Mark Gai,[6] Andreu Nin (murdered in Barcelona), Jan Sten July 1 Anatoliy Gekker, Matvei Vasilenko 2 Yevgeni Preobrazhensky, Lev Sosnovsky 16 Vladimir Kirillov, Pavel Vasiliev 19 Budu Mdivani 22 Paolo Iashvili (suicide) August 7 Oscar Ryvkin, Nikolai Sollogub 13 Aleksandr Voronsky, Boris Didkovsky 14 Leopold Averbakh,[7] Karl Pauker, Ivan Zaporozhets Leonty Ugryumov 19 Ivan Kataev 21 Artur Artuzov, Adolf Warski, Leon Gaikis 25 Johannes Raudmets, Boris Steigerru 27 Igor Akulov 30 Panas Lyubchenko (suicide) September 2 Grigol Lordkipanidze (died while under interrogation), Alexander Shliapnikov 4 Ignace Reiss (murdered in Switzerland), Evgeny Pashukanis 10 Sergei Medvedev, Hayk Ovsepyan, David Petrovsky, Sergei Syrtsov, Sergei Tretyakov 20 Lev Karakhan,[8] Marcian Germanovich, Nikolai Kashirin, Ivan Smolin, Ivan Teodorovich, Henryk Walecki 21 Seit Devdariani, Julian Lenski 28 Sergei Mezheninov, Timofei Sapronov October 3 Alexander Chayanov, Hans Kippenberger, Willy Leow 13 Bekir Çoban-zade, Ahmad Javad 14 Karl Bauman 15 Dmitry Fesenko, Evgen Gvaladze, Pamphylia Tanailidi 29 Yakau Branshteyn, Anani Dziakaŭ, Platon Halavach, Valery Marakou, Anatol Volny[9] Vladimir Milyutin, Sergei Sedov 30 Ivan Akulov, Mikhail Chudov, Mendel Khatayevich, Aleksei Kiselyov, Alexander Krinitsky, Vladimir Polonsky, Mikhail Razumov, Alexander Shotman, Avel Yenukidze,[8] Ivan Zhukov November 1 Kuzebay Gerd, Milan Gorkic, Gustaw Henrykowski 11 Sergei Chavain, Olyk Ipai, Shabdar Osyp 15 Gleb Bokii 20 Metropolitan Joseph (Petrovykh) 21 Fyodor Golovin, Adrian Piotrovsky, 26 Yakov Hanecki, Heinz Neumann, Alexander Krasnoshchyokov, Leonid Kurchevsky, Emanuel Kviring 27 Yeghishe Charents, Aino Forsten, Eero Haapalainen, Ruben Rubenov, Daniil Sulimov 28 Rose Cohen December 3 Shalva Eliava, Boris Skibine 10 Rashid Khan Kaplanov, Vladimir Lyubimov, Movses Silikyan 11 Jaan Anvelt (died from torture under interrogation), Hayk Bzhishkyan, Seraphim Chichagov, Mamia Orakhelashvili[8] 16 Giorgi Mazniashvili, Titsian Tabidze 31 James Lewin 1938January 8 Jūlijs Daniševskis, Mikhail Plisetski 11 Arvid Kubbel, Georgy Langemak 15 Anna Tieke 20 Juho Perala, Nikolai Zhilyayev February 8 Tikhon Khvesin, Nikolai Kuzmin, John Pepper 9 Vaino Kallio, Romuald Muklevich, Gazanfar Musabekov 10 Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko, Christophor Araratov, Alexander Beloborodov, Maksim Haretski, Grigory Kaminsky, Joseph Meerzon, Alexander Serebrovsky, Aleksandr Smirnov 11 Asser Salo 17 Abram Slutsky (poisoned) 18 Georgii Frederiks, Dmitry Mushketov, Julian Shchutsky, 26 Jukka Ahti, Abram Markson, Tyyne Salomaa March 15 Nikolai Bukharin, Alexei Rykov, Genrikh Yagoda, Pavel Bulanov, Mikhail Chernov, Hryhoriy Hrynko, Akmal Ikramov, Vladimir Ivanov, Nikolai Krestinsky, Pyotr Kryuchkov, Arkady Rosengolts, Vasily Sharangovich, Isaac Zelensky, Prokopy Zubarev,[10] Valentin Trifonov. April 21 Sultan Majid Afandiyev, Oskari Ikonen, Boris Pilnyak, Huseyn Rahmanov, Kustaa Rovio, Suren Shadunts 23 Kasyan Chaykovsky (died under interrogation) 25 Jekabs Peterss, Ivan Mezhlauk May 29 Hans Hellmann, Solomon Levit June 20 Vladimir Gorev, Nikolai Janson 21 Nikolai Goloded (suicide during an interrogation) July 28 Yakov Davydov, Terenty Deribas, Vladimir Kirshon, Yakov Alksnis, Izrail Leplevsky, Maksim Ammosov, Vladimir Orlov, Mikhail Sangursky, Alexander Svechin, Ioakhim Vatsetis 29[11] Janis Rudzutaks, Nikolai Antipov, Moisei Frumkinru, Vilhelm Knorin, Nikolai Krylenko, Valery Mezhlauk, Vasily Schmidt, Boris Shumyatsky, Matvey Skobelev, Jozef Unszlicht, Amatuni Vartapetyan, Yakov Yakovlev, Volodymyr Zatonsky Ivan Belov, Yan Berzin, Anton Bulin, Ivan Dubovoy, Pavel Dybenko, Sergei Gribov, Ivan Gryaznov, Innokenty Khalepsky, Vasiliy Khripin, Grigory Kireyev, Yepifan Kovtyukh, Mikhail Levandovsky, Alexander Sedyakin, Ivan Tkachev August 1 Yakov Agranov, Alexander Bekzadyan, Eduard Berzin, Andrei Bubnov, Aleksei Stetsky, Semyon Uritsky, Yan Gaylit, Ivan Kosogov, Nikolay Kuibyshev, Mikhail Viktorov, Konstantin Yurenev 19 Nikolai Krivoruchko, Vasiliy Mantsev, Nikolay Pakhomov 22 Pyotr Feldman, Vladimir Gittis, Vilhelm Garf, Lavrenti Kartvelashvili, Pavel Sytin 26 Andrei Sazontov, Sofia Sokolovskaya, Mikhail Svechnikov 29 Jan Antonovich Berzin,[12] Pyotr Bryanskikh, Boris Kamkov,[12] Béla Kun,[12] Jamshid Nakhchivanski, Lev Mironovru, Leonid Zakovsky[13] September 1 Nikolai Bryukhanov,[12] Mieczysław Broński,[12] Valerian Osinsky[12] 7 Nikolai Gorbunov,[12] Karim Mammadbeyov, Nikolai Zimin 8 Mikhail Amelin, Ivan Nikulin 17 Bruno Jasienski, Nikolai Kondratiev 20 Boris Kornilov, Theodore Maly October 4 Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov 12 Matti Airola (died in prison), Maximilian Kravkov 27 Khadija Gayibova, Artemic Khalatov November 9 Vasily Blyukher (beaten to death by the NKVD interrogator, Lev Shvartzman) 22 (Nikolai Yezhov dismissed as head of the NKVD, and replaced by Lavrentiy Beria) December 27 Osip Mandelstam (died in a labour camp), Boris Gorev 30 Georgy Lomov 1939January 15 Kullervo Manner (died in a labour camp) February 10 Bela Szekely 22 Boris Berman, Grigory Khakhanyan 23 Alexander Kosarev, Alexander Yegorov 25 Boris Pozern, Pyotr Smorodin 26 Vlas Chubar, Stanislaw Kosior, Levon Mirzoyan, Pavel Postyshev March 7 Alexey Bakulin, Matvei Berman, Volf Bronner, Hermann Remmele 10 Georgy Bondar, Ehsanollah Khan Dustdar 15 Leo Flieg April 6 Nikolai Bekryashev (died in a labour camp) 15 Aleksei Gastev, Dmitry Shakhovskoy 16 Efrem Eshba May 19 Karl Radek (murdered in a labour camp) 21 Grigori Sokolnikov (murdered in a labour camp) June 6 Prince Dmitri.Mirsky (died in a labour camp) July 9 Maria Koszutska (died in prison) August 16 Martha Ruben-Wolf (suicide) October 31 Platon Oyunsky (died in prison)
1940January 27 Isaac Babel 28 Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev, Aleksandr Uspensky February 2 Robert Eikhe, Mikhail Koltsov, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Mikhail Trilisser, Yefim Yevdokimov 3 Mikhail Frinovsky, Nikolai Yezhov[14] May 7 Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov June 23 Toivo Alavirta (died in a labour camp) August 20 Leon Trotsky (assassinated in Mexico) October 16 Boris Stomonyakov See alsoNotes
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