The Second Show Trial of 1937 involved the trial of 17 defendants including Pyatakov and Radek who were accused of working with Trotsky to undermine the Soviet Union and restore capitalism, resulting in 13 executions and 4 lengthy prison sentences, with Radek later dying in prison.

1. The Second Show Trial 1937
• The Trial of the 17
• Principal defendants Pyatakov and Radek
• Most of the remainder had backed Trotsky against Stalin
• They were accused of working with Trotsky to wreck the
Soviet Union and restore capitalism in Russia
• Thirteen executed the day of their conviction
• The other four given lengthy prison sentences after
‘implicating’ others in the ‘conspiracy’
• Radek died two years later in a Gulag