The demonstrative demonstration for a demonstrative trial: The case of 'Industrial Party'

The article reconstructs one of the greatest Soviet mass demonstrations of the 1930s linked to the campaign, which was organized in connection to the show trial of Soviet engineers, the so-called case of the “Industrial Party”. The trade union records show the dynamics of the mass demonstration and of the meetings that had preceded it. Demonstration is seen here as a form, by which the emerging Stalin's regime interacted with its social base (and reference group) - the labourers.