The Yezhov regime

...From the 1920s to the 1930s, he supervised personnel and security agencies under the Central Committee of the Party, especially under Stalin. In September 1936, he succeeded Yagoda as People's Commissar for Internal Affairs, and carried out major purges of party, military, and government officials, including the Second and Third Moscow Trials, which came to be known as the Yezhov Regime. He became a member of the Politburo, but was dismissed at the end of 1938 and is said to have been purged by Beria. ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to the "Yezhov Regime" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…20年代から30年代にかけては党中央委員会，特にスターリンのもとで人事や治安機関への監督を行っていた。36年9月にヤゴダのあとを継いで内務人民委員となると，第2，第3次モスクワ裁判などで，党･軍･政府幹部をはじめとする大粛清を行い，エジョフ体制とよばれた。政治局員となるが，38年末に解任され，ベリヤにより粛清されたといわれる。…

※「エジョフ体制」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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