Red Terror on the Kremlin: A Fascist Plot Foiled by Soviet Justice

In the shadow of the Kremlin, a sinister plot to bring fascism to Mother Russia has been laid bare. On March 18, 1938, the curtain fell on the high-profile trial of former Bolshevik leaders accused of treason in Moscow. The verdict was swift and merciless: 18 of the 21 defendants met their end at the hands of the firing squad, their pleas for clemency ignored by the Soviet government.