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Industrial Party Trial
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The Industrial Party Trial was a show trial in which several Soviet scientists and economists were accused and convicted of plotting a coup against the government of the Soviet Union.
Leonid Ramzin testifies during the trial, "confessing" to ultimately false accusations.
Leonid Ramzin testifies during the trial, "confessing" to ultimately false accusations.
A Soviet poster showing the 'Prompartiya' unmasked as spies and wreckers led by Western imperialists.
A Soviet poster showing the 'Prompartiya' unmasked as spies and wreckers led by Western imperialists.
Wrecking (crime)
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Wrecking was a crime specified in the criminal code of the Soviet Union in the Stalin era. It is often translated as "sabotage"; however, "wrecking", "diversionist acts", and "counter-revolutionary sa
Industrial Party Trial
…They stood accused of having formed an anti-Soviet "Union of Engineers' Organisations" or Prompartiya ("Industrial Party") and of having tried to wreck the Soviet industry and transport in 1926–1930. In a related development, a number of prominent members of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (Yevgeny…
A 1930s Soviet poster showing GPU striking at a "counter-revolutionary wrecker"
A 1930s Soviet poster showing GPU striking at a "counter-revolutionary wrecker"