Question

Which event in the Soviet Union involved the arrest of millions of Communist Party members, military officers, clergy, and intellectuals?

A.
Night of Long Knives
B.
Red Years
C.
Great Purge
D.
March on Rome

Answer 1

The great purge.

Step-by-step explanation: this almost entirely killed the NKVD, most of the senior army officers, and almost all of the orthodox and catholic clergy. in reaction to stalin’s treatment of catholics, the pope sent stalin a letter. when informed of the pope’s displeasure at the persecution, Stalin famously said ‘ the pope! how many divisions has he got?’