Red Terror (disambiguation)
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The Red Terror
was a campaign of mass arrests and executions conducted by the Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia in 1918–1922.
Red Terror may also refer to:
Red Terror
The Red Terror in Soviet Russia was the campaign of mass arrests and executions conducted by the Bolshevik government. In Soviet historiography, the Red Terror is described as having been officially announced on September 2, 1918 by Yakov Sverdlov and ended about October 1918...
was a campaign of mass arrests and executions conducted by the Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia in 1918–1922.
Red Terror may also refer to:
- Communist terrorismCommunist terrorismCommunist terrorism are actions carried out by groups which adhere to a Marxist-Leninist or Maoist ideology which have been described as terrorism. State actions carried out by the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China, North Korea and the actions of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia have all been...
- Revolutionary terrorRevolutionary terrorRevolutionary terror ) refers to the institutionalized application of force to counterrevolutionaries, particularly during the French Revolution from the years 1793 to 1794...
- The last six weeks of the "Reign of TerrorReign of TerrorThe Reign of Terror , also known simply as The Terror , was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of...
" of the French Revolution in 1794 - Red Terror (Hungary)Red Terror (Hungary)The Red Terror in Hungary was a series of atrocities aimed at crushing political rivals during the four-month regime of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919. It was so named because of its similarity to the Red Terror in Soviet Russia in both purpose and effect...
, a series of atrocities during the 1919 regime of Hungarian Soviet Republic - Red Terror (Spain)Red Terror (Spain)The Red Terror in Spain is the name given by historians to various acts committed "by sections of nearly all the leftist groups" such as the killing of tens of thousands of people , as well as attacks on landowners, industrialists, and politicians, and the...
, various acts committed by Spanish Republicans during the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s - Red Terror (Ethiopia)Red Terror (Ethiopia)The Ethiopian Red Terror, or Qey Shibir , was a violent political campaign in Ethiopia that most visibly took place once Communist Mengistu Haile Mariam achieved control of the Derg, the military junta, 3 February 1977...
, a violent political campaign in Ethiopia in 1977–1978 - Red Terror (China), mass campaigns of the Red Guards in China (August 1966 – September 1967)
- Red Terror (Finland), various acts committed by Red Guards during the Finish Civil Civil War in 1918
- NZR RM class (Red Terror), a NZR railcar used by a former General Manager Garnet Mackley
- Red Terror or Phar LapPhar LapPhar Lap was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse whose achievements captured the public's imagination during the early years of the Great Depression. Foaled in New Zealand, he was trained and raced in Australia. Phar Lap dominated Australian racing during a distinguished career, winning a Melbourne...
, a champion race horse - The Red Terror, a figure in the Warhammer 40,000 game
- The Red Terror (film)The Red Terror (film)The Red Terror is a 1942 German film directed by Karl Ritter.Released after the breakdown of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, it is noteworthy for the crude, heavy-handed depiction of Communists.-Plot:...
, the English title for G.P.U., a German 1942 film directed by Karl Ritter