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Was Stalin planning a big new purge when he neared his death?

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Yes, that is the prevailing theory. Stalin was working on a purge involving Jewish doctors. Lavrenti Beria also suspected a new purge of Stalin's close henchmen and planned to poison Stalin with warfarin, an odorless, tasteless rat poison and blood thinner. read more

Some historians allege that Stalin himself was planning to bring the campaign to an end but this was cut short by his death. One way or another, if he was planning a purge, clearly it never happened. read more

Kirov, though a faithful Communist, had a certain popularity in the party that threatened Stalin’s consolidation of power. Kirov’s death triggered three important, widely publicized show trials of prominent former Bolsheviks in Moscow and ultimately fostered the climate of terror during the Great Purge. read more

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