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What happened to the Commander-in-Chief of the Red Army and 7 leading generals in 1937?

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Initially a volunteer army, losses during the Civil War forced the Soviet government to introduce conscription in June, 1918. ... In June, 1937, Mikhail Tukhachevsky and seven other top Red Army commanders were charged with conspiracy with Germany. All eight were convicted and executed.

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