On the afternoon of December 1, 1934, Buru Politburo member Kirov was shot at Leningrad Smolny Institute and died on the spot.
You know, Kirov was one of the top leaders of Buru. His assassination would cause great shock to the whole Buru party and the country.
"Check! We must get to the bottom of it! No matter who is involved in the murder of Comrade Kirov, they must not be let go. They must pay the price!" Joseph was furious, but Buru NKVD immediately launched an investigation into the assassination of Kirov.
"Yes, Comrade Joseph!" People's Commissar for Internal Affairs Yagoda replied loudly.
After Yagoda left, Joseph showed a smile on his face. Obviously, this time the assassination of Kirov will be an opportunity for him to clean up those rebels. Taking this opportunity, the House Committee can go out in force.
On the day Kirov was assassinated, Joseph made changes to Buru's criminal law without Politburo's discussion and approval: First, all judicial organs should speed up the trial of prisoners accused of planning or carrying out terrorist acts. Detection of terrorist activity cases shall not exceed ten days. Second, the Buru Central Executive Committee Presidium will not consider such criminals' applications for pardon. Once a verdict is made, there is no appeal or pardon. Third, NKVD should be executed immediately after such criminals are sentenced to death.
It is these changes to the criminal law that allow Buru NKVD to arrest Buru's senior leaders of the party, government and military for interrogation without restraint. Then they tortured them with all possible means, and after beating them successfully, they were shot directly.
Under the instruction of Joseph, NKVD began to arrest people suspected of assassinating Kirov on a large scale. Of course, this is just an excuse. What we really need to deal with are those who oppose Joseph.
At the beginning, NKVD arrested those people in the name of investigating the assassination of Kirov. But soon they began to arrest directly those who defended the country. Of course, all these are still just charges they fabricated at will.
Moscow, a high-end residential area. Many of the people living here are senior leaders of Buru.
After getting through the most difficult moment, although the conditions across the country are still not very good, many people still don't even have enough to eat. However, the leaders of Buru already have the conditions to enjoy a better life. Joseph believes that if the leaders of Buru live a better life, they will have more energy to devote themselves to handling national affairs. Therefore, several high-end residential areas were built in Moscow and allocated to senior leaders.
A dozen Truck cars drove outside the residential area, their car lights illuminating the surrounding area. The heavily armed soldiers jumped down from Truck. It can be seen from their armbands that these soldiers are subordinate to NKVD.
"Quick! Quick! Guard the main intersection and don't let the suspects escape." An officer ordered loudly.
A tall and thin middle-aged man led a group of soldiers and walked straight into the residential area. The soldiers guarding the residential area did not dare to stop him. You know, after Kirov was assassinated, NKVD arrested Moscow and made a big splash. Almost everyone knew that NKVD was not to be messed with.
This group of people went directly to a villa in the residential area. This is the residence of Zinoviev.
"Bump!"
There was a knock on the door. When the people inside opened the door, they were stunned. They seemed not to have expected that there would be so many soldiers.
"Who are you looking for?" Zinoviev's wife asked.
No one paid attention to her, and the soldiers rushed in directly.
"Yagoda, what do you want to do?" Zinoviev, who was writing a document in the study room, heard the noise and ran out immediately, just in time to see these people. He knew the leader, it was People's Commissar for Internal Affairs Yagoda.
"Comrade Zinoviev, your crime has been exposed, come with us!" Yagoda said proudly. This is the first time they have arrested a senior leader like a political commissar! Usually these Politburo member look aloof in front of him. Now, they were about to become prisoners, which gave him a very special feeling.
"What? What crime have I committed? Yagoda, you are arresting people indiscriminately! I want to report to Comrade Joseph, I want to appeal to the Central Executive Committee rostrum!" Zinoviev roared angrily.
"Hmph! Take it away!" Yagoda ignored Zinoviev's threat at all.
You know, Zinoviev is Politburo member. Without someone's instruction, Yagoda would not dare to arrest anyone no matter how brave he was! Therefore, all this is considered to be led by Kremlin.
Zinoviev was arrested. Many people in the residential area saw it, and they all looked shocked.
"Oh my god! Comrade Zinoviev has also been arrested. What should we do?"
"NKVD can even arrest Politburo member. Do they want to cover up the sky with one hand?"
Just the day after Zinoviev was arrested, another senior leader of Buru, Kamenev, was also arrested.
Soon, the two were interrogated by NKVD, and were eventually shot on charges of "selling themselves to foreign spy agencies" and "establishing a terrorist organization to assassinate Kirov and other senior Buru leaders."
The biggest reason why the two of them were shot was that they were representatives of the new opposition and posed a threat to the rule of Joseph.
This was just the beginning. NKVD's actions soon expanded to Buru's nationwide coverage. Hundreds of thousands of people were arrested for various crimes, and many were shot.
The arrest of NKVD was not only carried out within Bolshevik Party and Bolshevik Russian government, but also extended to the military. Marshal Tukhachevsky, the chief of general staff of the Buru army, was also arrested. You know, Marshal Tukhachevsky is known as the outstanding military strategist of Red Napoleon. He has made many contributions among Russian Civil War and is deeply appreciated by Ulyanov.
It is precisely because of this that Marshal Tukhachevsky does not give Joseph much face. Therefore, Joseph naturally wants to get rid of such disobedient people.
In addition, there are many people in the military who are related to Trotsky. In order to fully control the army, Joseph must also execute them.