World Socialist Web Site provides a history of the special commission that investigated Stalin's purges and his persecution of Trotsky.
Find a history of Stalin's arrest and execution of former Bolshevik leaders and read the original court transcripts from the trials.
Chapter from a history of Stalin's repression of the Russian people describes the 1944 banishment of the Tatars to Uzbekistan and its results.
Tribute to more than 20,000 Poles murdered under Stalin's orders in 1940 features execution orders, mass burial maps, and photo galleries.
Read an official Soviet era explanation of the dramatic arrest and execution of thousands of perceived enemies of the state.
Read a Library of Congress report of Stalin's reign of terror during the 30s, in which many original Bolsheviks were executed or imprisoned.
Read a Communist's review of a PhD dissertation which takes a pro-Stalin point of view and asserts the purges were but a myth.
Read a lecture from a Marxist historian regarding the imprisonment and execution of thousands by the Soviet dictator.
Read about Stalin's repressive policies toward his real or imagined political enemies from this guide to the satirical Russian novel.