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Stalin Issues Society Connote Structuralist Reasons Great Terror

Front What issues were there in society which would connote structuralist reasons for the great terror?
Back in 1936 FYPs fell behind schedule- stalin found scapegoats. Encourage criticism from below- terror spiraled out of control

Young party members accused those in higher positions- Stakhanovite campaign of 1936

over zealous officials in provinces acting on own agendas- local activists implementing what they thought stalin wanted

Self escalating- fear fed on fear. prove loyalty and denounce someone else before you were denounced

Mass urbanisation and poor living conditions- more hostility in cities and countryside

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