A large-scale purge in 1950 51 left virtually no native Estonian officials in the highest positions.
On Saturday, the government announced the dismissals of nearly 4,000 additional people from state institutions — the second large-scale purge in days.
And in 1967-8, there was a large-scale purge in Hanoi when Ho, General Giap and their allies opposed Mr. Duan's plans for the Tet Offensive.
The military conducted a large-scale purge of its members who were suspected of having taken part in or sympathized with the uprisings.
After a coup attempt against Mr. Erdogan failed in July, he added to the uncertainty, starting a large-scale purge of his perceived enemies, arresting 45,000 people and firing or suspending 130,000.
Government critics fear the proposed changes will usher in an era of authoritarian one-man rule, with few checks and balances on the president by a loyalist parliament, allowing Erdoğan to consolidate power amid a large-scale purge of civil servants and a crackdown on opposition media and political parties.
Mr. Erdogan's government has been overseeing a large-scale purge of the army and other institutions since the attempted coup last year, when a renegade group of military officers tried to seize power, sending tanks into the streets and bombing the Parliament building.
Yugoslav troops had taken the city and its surroundings from the Germans in 1945, claimed the region (which was populated by both Italians and Slovenes) for Yugoslavia, and embarked on a large-scale purge in which thousands of Italians were killed and then dumped into deep caves.
Pál Engel wrote that Géza carried out a "large-scale purge" against his relatives, which explains the lack of references to other members of the Árpád dynasty from around 972. Koppány, who continued to rule the southern parts of Transdanubia, is the only exception to this dearth of references.
The White House now claims that nothing has been lost, though officials previously acknowledged large-scale purging, claiming they were accidental.
