English Explanatory Dictionary

Yezhovshchina

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A period of intense political repression and mass purges in the Soviet Union during the late 1930s, particularly from 1937 to 1938.

Word forms

Yezhovshchina

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ежовщина (ježovščina). Named after Russian secret police official Nikolai Yezhov.

Synonyms

Great Purge Great Terror
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