Of the ninety-one detained, all but nine were shot

Of the 101 members of the supreme military leadership, all but ten were arrested; of the ninety-one detained, all but nine were shot. These included three of the five marshals of the Soviet Union and two of its admirals, as well as the entire senior air force personnel, every head of of every military district, and almost every military commander. The Red Army was brought to its knees.

P. Frankopan,, The Silk Roads (2015), 362