1. How did the Great Purge, which happened in the Soviet Union during Stalin’s administration, weaken the Soviet economy? The Great Purge weakened the economy because it placed too large of a fiscal burden on the middle class. The Great Purge weakened the economy because it raised workers’ wages and salaries too high. The Great Purge weakened the economy because it decreased business taxes too quickly. The Great Purge weakened the economy because it killed or imprisoned a large portion of the population.

The Great Purge weakened the economy because it raised workers’ wages and salaries too high.

Explanation:

The Great Purge, where hundreds of thousands of Soviet citizens were killed or imprisoned because they were accused of conspiring against Stalin’s government, weakened the Soviet economy because it significantly decreased the number of laborers in the Soviet Union. This decrease in the working population would drastically affect the economic stability of the U.S.S.R.

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