During the Stalinst purges he was expelled from the party on 16 February 1935 and arrested on 7 April 1936 .
Gonikman became director of the Leningrad branch of the Institute of Red Professors .
During the Stalinst purges Gonikman was expelled from the party on 16 February 1935 and arrested on 7 April 1936 .
Gonikman became director of the Leningrad branch of the Institute of Red Professors .