Victims of the Soviet Penal System in the Pre-War Years: A First Approach on the Basis of Archival Evidence
J. Arch Getty,Gábor T. Rittersporn,Viktor N. Zemskov — Victims of the Soviet Penal System in the Pre-War Years: A First Approach on the Basis of Archival Evidence (1993)J. Arch Getty; Gábor T. Rittersporn; Viktor N. Zemskov · 1993 · Article · tables of OGPU/NKVD convictions and death sentences by yearEstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-1108 · as of 2026-10-30 · about: Soviet Union: party-state, central planning and terror (1922–1953) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Soviet NKVD statistics published from the archives record 681,692 death sentences in 1937–1938, the peak of the Great Terror.”
Context. The figure counts death sentences by NKVD organs, which were nearly all carried out; it excludes killings outside these procedures and the deaths of prisoners in custody.
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1Evidence that contradicts
0No counter-evidence recorded.
Context
Soviet Repression Statistics: Some Comments
The Scale and Nature of German and Soviet Repression and Mass Killings, 1930–45
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