Kammala wannan jumlar: Kashe Janar Tukhachevsky da sauran janar-janar bakwai ya raunana sojojin Soviet sosai. An fara ganin wannan a cikin mummunan aikin Red Army a cikin
Yakin Soviet da Finnish na 1939-1940, wanda sojojin Soviet suka sha wahala fiye da 100,000 da aka kashe ko aka rasa a kan ƙaramin soja na Finnish da ke da makamai. Rashin janar-janar takwas, haɗe da 1941 Red Army Purge, ya ba da damar farkon nasarorin ban mamaki na Wehrmacht na Jamus a 1941 mamaye Rasha, wanda ya haifar da asarar rayuka da lalata yawancin ɓangaren Turai na USSR.