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2 giorni fa · The term great purge, an allusion to the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, was popularized by the historian Robert Conquest in his 1968 book The Great Terror. Following the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924, a power vacuum opened in the Communist Party, the ruling party in the Soviet Union (USSR).
- 1936–1938
- 700,000 to 1.2 million, (higher estimates overlap with at least 116,000 deaths in the Gulag system)
3 giorni fa · The first use in English of the term 'terrorism' occurred during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, when the Jacobins, who ruled the revolutionary state, employed violence, including mass executions by guillotine, to compel obedience to the state and intimidate regime enemies.
1 giorno fa · e. Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of intentional violence and fear to achieve political or ideological aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violence during peacetime or in the context of war against non-combatants (mostly civilians and neutral military personnel ). [1]
2 giorni fa · Napoleon I. emperor of France. Cite. External Websites. Also known as: Le Corse, Le Petit Caporal, Napoléon Bonaparte, Napoleone Buonaparte, the Corsican, the Little Corporal. Written by. Jacques Godechot. Former Professor of Modern and Contemporary History and Dean, Faculty of Letters, University of Toulouse II, France.
20 mar 2024 · National Convention | History, Definition, & Reign of Terror | Britannica. Home Politics, Law & Government Politics & Political Systems. History & Society. National Convention. French history. External Websites. Also known as: Convention Nationale. Written and fact-checked by. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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12 mar 2024 · The French Revolution was marked by a bloody period called the Reign of Terror, where an estimative 18,000 to 40,000 people were killed through the guillotine, at the hands of the revolutionary army, including the royal family and even the two key leaders of the Revolution Georges Danton and Maximilien de Robespierre.
14 mar 2024 · Biography. Maximilien Robespierre: Architect of the Reign of Terror. Maximilien Robespierre was a prominent figure during the French Revolution and a key leader of the radical Jacobin faction. He played a significant role in the Reign of Terror, a period of intense political upheaval characterized by mass executions.