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Meanings of yezhovshchina in English

Russian
репрессии 1937 года
Portuguese
grande purga
Spanish
yezhovshchina
Catalan
gran purga
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Soviet campaign of political repression, imprisonment, and execution.

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репрессии 1937 года
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Examples for "great purge"
Examples for "great purge"
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Newspapers carried articles detailing facets of the great purge.
The gates of november
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However, the great purge is aimed not at man but at man's best friend -they are coming for the dogs.
The Guardian
3
Even before the great purge, Google+ users and bloggers were grappling with the social network's "real names only" policy.
Wired
4
And Reagan's great purge aside, state agencies are generally reluctant to use the same heavy-handed and sometimes illegal methods as companies to block unionisation efforts.
The Guardian
5
The two of them must evidently have been swallowed up in one of the first great purges of the fifties.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
1
Ye dogg was in a great terror, and frantic in its bonds.
Crooked Trails
2
The domestic animals came in great terror, straight toward the wild beasts.
Tell Me Another Story: The Book of Story Programs
3
Those who had taken part with Mpepe were consequently in great terror.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
4
In the girl's expression was an outraged wonder and a great terror.
Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
5
The next day, to our great terror, we saw the serpent again.
The Children's Hour, v 5. Stories From Seven Old Favorites