Political repression in the USSR in the context of socio-political processes of the 1930s
The article deals with the problems of study the repressive policy of USSR in the 1930s. According to the author, in view of the growing public interest in Stalinism, the topic under con-sideration requires additional study. The article describes the conditions that could serve as prerequisites for the repressive policy in the USSR. The source basis of the article in-cludes monographs, memoirs and materials of the Russian archival fund.