The significance was that as soon as Kirov was murdered, it gave Stalin a reason to start the Purges.
2. According to Stalin, who had Nikolayev been working for when he assassinated Kirov? Why is this significant?
Nikolayev had been working for the NKVD.
3. What is a Trotskyite?
Anyone who was or is a supporter of Trotsky.
4. There are three major "show trials." List them and a brief description of their significance.
The three major show trials were 'Trial of the Sixteen', 'The Trial of the Seventeen', and 'Trial of the Twenty one'. As the years went on the number of defendants were increasing and they were all accused of doing something that had to do with Trotsky. The show trials also started with the people who were against Stalin, so it was his chance to get rid of them.
5. During the Great Terror, there were three stages to the purges, staring with members of the Communist party. What were the next two stages and what type of people were purged?
One stage was the armed forces which Marshal Tuchachevsky, Russia's most famous General, and other Red Army generals were purged. The other stage was the ordinary citizens, and anyone who was overheard talking bad about Stalin, was denounced as a Trotskyite to the NKVD.
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