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Removal of senior party members who could've threatened his leadership

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Methods of torture.

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To strike Fear

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Show of strength

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The purge of the red army

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1. Removed everyone who could challenge him, eg. Journalists, Red Party Purge as they were the only ones who could stop him

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Propaganda

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Sentence must be carried out immediately

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Deter people from speaking out against him

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Made foreign journalists believe they were real

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Making the public believe the trials were real 

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Making the public believe the trials were real 

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Forcing people to confess to crimes they were not guilty of

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1. Purges are needed to eliminate opposition

2. Eliminate enemies and threats to power

3. Hundreds arrested - sent to gulags

4. Trials for high ranking Communists

5. Ridiculous Crimes

6. Written confessions

7. Executed

8. Trial 1 - Zinoviev and Kamenev, what were the crimes, families threatened, Soviet newspaper applauded the trials which encouraged more trials

9. Zinoviev and Kamenev know Lenin's will so that info can't get out

10. Trial 2 - Radek, Pyatakov, conspiracy and sabotage, executed, gulags. Stalin convincing the country that he is doing them a favour saving them from these 'wreckers'

11. Trial 3 - Bukharin, Rykov, Yagoda

12. Yagoda proves no one is safe

13. Sabotage, executed

14. Yagoda's death ensures that the legitimacy of the trials never comes out

15. Stalin has complete control of the party, no political opposition, so there will be no objections to whatever Stalin wants to impose or implement

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Fear