Answer:
politically motivated mass murders
Step-by-step explanation:
Josef Stalin was a revolutionary, socialist and dictator who took command of the Soviet Union after the death of Lenin, being in the power of 1922 until 1953. Stalin assumed a conduct of dictator and happened to hunt and to kill all that could cause some threat to the system , including the greatest icon of the opposition, Leon Trotsky. Stalin expelled from the party and the Soviet army all the consolidated or potential enemies. Millions of people were arrested under his dictatorial rule.