MDMAniac on 11 December 2011
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Mr Khan said: The worst of Stalin's influence was over by that point. The most irrational stages of the purges came in the late 30s |
They weren't that irrational though. USSR were getting ready themselves for future war, and so the purges were effectively aimed at the 5th column. They were rather resultative at this, which in turn was one of the factors in WW2. German military records mention themselves that their spying attempts against USSR weren't quite succesful. While Soviet command had much more reliable information about their enemies, almost each time.
