Great purges in the Soviet Union - the case of the Yugoslav Communists

U prvih dvadeset godina djelovanja, Komunistička partija Jugoslavije prošla je kroz razdoblje homogenizacije pokreta koje je obilježeno stalnim frakcijskim sukobima. Nakon uvođenja Šestojanuarske diktature, nemali broj njezina članstva odlazi u emigraciju ne bi li se spasio od progona režima i školovao na nekom od univerziteta Komunističke internacionale u Moskvi. U moskovskoj emigraciji sukobi u partijskom rukovodstvu poprimaju osobni karakter između stare garde i kadra koji je promicala Kominterna, što šteti ugledu KPJ u krugovima iste. Bez obzira na to, partijsko rukovodstvo pozdravlja Staljinov obračun s opozicijom na vrhu SKP(b). Čistke nisu zaobišle ni partijski aktiv KPJ u Moskvi te je nemali broj članova stradao u jeku čistki 1937.-1938. godine.In addition to being a place of hope, the Soviet Union in the interwar period was a refuge for many foreign communists whose parties were sections of the Comintern. Upon arrival in Moscow, the leaders and members of foreign parties sought to acquire the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge in order to use it to strengthen the revolutionary movement upon their return to their homeland. In addition to coming to school, many fled the brutality of the regimes that persecuted and banned the communist movement in their countries. Such was the case with the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, which was due to regime persecution, forced to withdraw illegallity and send its members to the USSR to save them from dungeons and liquidations. In addition to the aggravating circumstances imposed on the work of the CPY by the royal regime, its internal factional conflicts were an aggravating factor in efforts to reorganize and stabilize the movement. The emigrant life and work of the leadership, full of personal conflicts, further complicated these efforts and contributed to the creation of a negative image of the party in the eyes of the Comintern. Like the other sections, the Yugoslav section did not remain immune to changes at the top of the first country of socialism. Shortly after welcoming Stalin's confrontation with the opposition, numerous leaders and members of the CPY, unjustly convicted, meet their demise in Stalin's purges of 1937.-1938