Editing Purge (section)

{{short description|Forceful removal of people considered undesirable}}
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[[File:Evdokimov Nikolay Ivanovich.jpg|thumb|Russian Count [[Nikolay Yevdokimov]], who organized the extermination campaigns of "[[Tsitsekun]]", designated Russian military operations targeting Circassian natives by the term “''ochishchenie''” (cleansing).]]
In [[history]], [[religion]] and [[political science]], a '''purge''' is a position removal or [[execution]] of people who are considered undesirable by those in power from a government, another, their team leaders, or society as a whole. A group undertaking such an effort is labeled as purging itself. Purges can be either nonviolent or violent, with the former often resolved by the simple removal of those who have been purged from office, and the latter often resolved by the [[imprisonment]], [[exile]], or [[murder]] of those who have been purged.{{sfnp|Goldring|Matthews|2022|pp=575–593}}