Red Terror

Red Terror was a program of repression conducted in Russia by the Bolsheviks in 1918, shortly after the Russian Revolution in which approximately eight hundred perceived and real opponents of the Bolsheviks were summarily shot without trial. The decree for Red Terror was issued shortly following the simultaneous successful assassination of Petrograd Cheka head Moisei Uritsky and attempted assassination of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin on August 30, 1918.