Question

The main purpose of the many purges and public trials that took place in the Soviet Union in the 1930s was to

Question 5 options:

force the Jewish people to leave the Soviet Union


eliminate opposition to Joseph Stalin and his government


establish a free and independent court system in the Soviet Union


reform the outdated and inadequate agricultural system

Answer 1

B) eliminate opposition to Joseph Stalin and his government

Step-by-step explanation:

Joseph Stalin was notoriously paranoid. He used the secret police (the NKVD) to purge everyone who ever opposed him or was a threat to him (Government Officials, Generals, ect.). This is one of the main reasons why Russia was so unprepared for Operation Barbarossa in 1941.