Category talk:Great Purge perpetrators

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We need to specify criteria for inclusion to the category[edit]

Inclusion to the category can be potentially a controversial issue so we need some criteria. So far I am puzzled why Molotov, kaganovich and Kalinin are included but Beria and Khruschev are not. Can be the same person be a victim and a perpetrator at the same time (e.g. Vasily Blücher or Nikolai Yezhov)? Do we need to include low level officials like e.g. Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev? Low level GPU officers? Alex Bakharev (talk) 01:25, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see anything controversial here, and the criteria seem obvious. If it is known that a person personally perpetrated the Great Purge (not just a single episode for some personal reasons, but a wider campaign), he may be included here, no matter how low his level was (but not just because he was a member of a certain organization, so there shouldn't be a generic answer to your question about low level officers). The category is not exhaustive, few categories on Wikipedia are. BTW, last time I checked, Kalinin was not included, and it is hardly controversial that Molotov, Kaganovich or Stalin were far more instrumental in that than Beria or Khruschev, though both certainly can be included. The same person can be a victim and a perpetrator, why not? Frankly I don't follow. In my opinion this category is helpful enough. As of now the role of the rest of the Politburo is disproportionally downplayed on Wikipedia and elsewhere compared to Stalin, Beria, Yezhov and a few other household names. Colchicum (talk) 02:14, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]