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when did the nazis invade russia

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22 june 1941

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why was stalin caught by surprise by nazi invasion

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he had ignored intelligence reports and seems to have miscalculated as to when the germans would turn east

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what evidence is there that stalin was not entirely unaware of the impending attack from nazi germany

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defence spending increased 16.5% 1937- 32.6% 1940

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was the soviet union ready for war in 1941

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no

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what had sapped the strength of the red army between 1936-38

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the purges of the red army removed most senior officers

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what had soviet fighting capacity been affected by

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inadequate training and the removal of those who had promoted more advanced military theories, such as mikhail tukhachevsky

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when had a lack of military initiative already been seen

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in winter war with finland 1939-40 when no commander dared try anything new

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what was the effect of the reestablishment of dual command of military units

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increased party control but hindered actual combat capabilities

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what deficiencies were there economically despite the move towards rearmament in the third 5yp

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deficiencies in quantity and quality of equipment

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how many tanks, military aircraft and rifles was the soviet union producing per month by 1941

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230 tanks
700 military aircraft
100,000 rifles

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what had happened as a result of increased expenditure of the military

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insufficient investment in the collective and state farm system, still not producing enough to feed population

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how was the soviet union psychologically unprepared to fight

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having withdrawn anti-fascist propaganda and praised soviet german friendship since 1939, soviet troops suddenly expected to fight former allies

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what was the name of the operation that launched the german attack

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three pronged attack- operation barbarossa

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wht was stalins initial reaction to the invasion

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he suggested that someone contact hitler in berlin because he suspected the troop advance to be a limited act of provocation

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what was stalins first wartime order when he met his politburo

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demand that german air force be destroyed and invading forced annihilated

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who did stalin leave the public announcement of hostilities to

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molotov

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why did stalin possibly leave the announcement to molotov

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he couldnt bring himself to make it

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how did molotov end his informing of the people

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‘our cause is just, the enemy will be smashed, victory will be ours’

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how long did stalin take to establish a defined structure of governmental and military authority

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a week- whether this was deliberate or he was affected by depression is unknown

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what was stalins speech on 3 july 1941 designed to do

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establish his leadership and unite the nation, rekindling patriotism and mollifying all those who opposed his politices in 1930s

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what did stalins interestingly appeal to in his war speeches

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his peoples love for their country and played on the threat of their culture rather than the threat to socialism

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what did the people fight for instead of communism

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russia

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what did stalin order as a result of the germans coming dangerously close to moscow in october 1941

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evacuation of the government to Kuibyshev on the Volga

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what display of resistance did stalin insist on despite ordering the evacuation of the government in moscow

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the annual red square parade should take place as normal

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what did stalin realise as a result of the disastrous opening to the war

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the need to let his military commanders plan campaigns- running of war increasingly left to general staff but removed if they displayed incompetence

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examples of marshals replaced by men brought back from gulags

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Voroshilov and budyenny

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who did stalin rely heavily on in the war

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georgi Zhukov

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what had hitler nurtured some hope that the invasion would spark

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an anti Stalinist revolt

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how did those in national minority areas approach the germans in the wake of invasion

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they welcomed the german soldiers as liberators after the harsh Stalinism of the 1930s and thousands became collaborationists

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what movement was formed in the Ukraine under vlasov

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the Russian liberation movement who fought against their former red army comrades

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what did winning the war rely on in the greater part of the unoccupied ussr

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on the continuation of pre war terror tactics

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32
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what did stalin issue in july 1942 when the germans threatned stalingrad

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order 227- not one step backwards

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33
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what was the fate of any soldier who fell behind/tried to retreat

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shot on sight

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how many were sentenced to death under order 227

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150000

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35
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who were penal battalions created from

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those who broke discipline

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36
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what happened to those who broke discipline

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sent to front to undertake most dangerous jobs eg clearing minefields =- supposedly to redeem themselves

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casualty rates of those who were given most dangerous jobs

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50%

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what were added to the NKVD units to prevent desertion/retreat

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blocking units equipped with machine guns

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political impact: why did stalin take action to prevent political disintegration

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the multinational nature of the empire seen as a potential threat to state security

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political impact: what happened to the Volga german autonomous republic

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dissolved as early as august 1941 and peoples sent to east

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political impact: who were deported away from their homelands

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‘suspect’ ethnic groups such as the chechens

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political impact: how many in total were forced to uproot

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1.5 million

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political impact: what did stalin address within the party to win the way

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former grievances of army officers

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political impact: what was the result of stalin putting emphasis on the political education of the troops

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increasing numbers of military chose to join party

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political impact: how many candidate members and how many new members joined the party during the war

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5 million candidate members

3.6 million new members

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political impact: what percentage of those in the armed forces were communist and what percentage were Komsomol members by 1945

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25% communist

20% members of komsomol

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political impact: wat did the war help to strengthen the belief in

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the communist system

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political impact: what could stalin claim that the war had shown by may 1945

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the war had shown the superiority and resilience of the socialist system

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political impact: what was the war a victory for

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communist over fascism

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economic impact: what had hitler intended to seize in the wake of his invasion

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Russian farmland and industry to use to german advantage

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economic impact: to what extent had nhitler achieved his goal of seizing Russian farmland and industry by the end of 1941

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german occupied soviet territory contained 63% of countrys coal, 68% iron, 58% steel, 45% railways and 41% arable land

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economic impact: what measures did the soviets take during the war to ensure their economic survival

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the establishment of a wartime economy on 30 june 1941

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economic impact: which policy rendered most of farmland useless

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scorched earth

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54
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economic impact: how many soviet factories were transplanted from western Russia and Ukraine to east in july-nov 1941

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1523

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economic impact: what happened to the industrial growth that had already taken place in 5 year plans

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capitalised upon

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economic impact: ho were industrial bases rapidly linked to front line

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new railways built/redirected

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economic impact: how did managing a wartime economy prove easier for USSR than western allies

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existing centralised, planned economy

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economic impact: what were established to supervise different sections of wartime production

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wartime commissars

59
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economic impact: what did compulsory state orders allow for

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changes to take place in a very short timeframe

60
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economic impact: what effect did the redistribution of national expenditure have on militaryshare of budget by end of 1942

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risen from 29% to 57%

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economic impact: how many new industrial enterprises were built during course of war in the urals

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3500

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economic impact: how was USSR military economy better than Germany by mid 1943

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industrial output exceeded that of Germany and quality of weapons superior

63
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economic impact: why did food problems take longer to solve

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grain harvest of 1942 only 1/3 of that of 1940

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economic impact: how was survival ensured despite food problems

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strict rationing and demanding quotas on collective farms

65
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economic impact: who was farm output maintained by

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women, elderly men and children

66
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economic impact: why was the use of foreign aid never advertised to the soviet people

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they were encouraged to believe that their efforts were ignored by the west

67
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economic impact: what war materials did the uk and usa supply

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essential war materials which the ussr had limited production of

68
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economic impact: when was the lend lease scheme and what was provided under it

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1941- 11 billion dollars of aid provided by usa

69
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social impact: what did the announcement of the german invasion see recruitment stations flood with

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volunteers keen to fight for the motherland

70
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social impact: how many signed up from Moscow alone

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120000

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social impact: what did people fight for

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some believed they were following tradition of pioneers that fought in civil war and others fought for community and locality

72
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social impact: what did the panic induced by the german attack help to reunite

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Russian society and provide cohesion that had been threatened in the 1930s

73
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social impact: what did the central authorities step in to manage

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society in the same way they directed agriculture and industry

74
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social impact: what did the law introduced in December 1941 mobilise

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all undrafted workers for war work

75
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social impact: what became obligatory in the workplace and what was suspended

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overtime became obligatory and holidays suspended

76
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social impact: what was the working day increased to

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12 hours

77
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social impact: what was the average working week

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70-77 hours

78
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social impact: what were there severe punishments for in the workplace

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negligence, lateness or absenteeism

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social impact: what was unauthorised absence from work classed as

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desertion punishable by death

80
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social impact: what were confiscated from a soldier whilst he was in captivity

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his familys military ration cards

81
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social impact: what did stalin see the lives of red army soldiers as expendable in

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the interests of the greater good

82
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social impact: how many soldiers killed between 1941-45

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8.6 million

83
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social impact: what percentage of deaths suffered by ussr in war caused by starvation

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25 million

84
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social impact: why did health problems escalate

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housing and fuel shortages as well as food shortages

85
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social impact: why was there a housing shortage

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priority was factory building first, accommodation second

86
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social impact: what was used to maintain supplies

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gulag labour

87
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social impact: what was the death rate in the labour camps in 1942 and why was this not regarded as a problem

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25%

slave labour regarded as endlessly renewable

88
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social impact: what did stalin play on the connotations of to harness society for the war effort

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great patriotic war

89
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social impact: what were people encouraged to sacrifice themselves in the interests of

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the holy mother Russia against the godless invaders and child killers

90
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social impact: what were the non Russian nationalities told to join

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join in with you Russian brothers- the home of a Russian is also your home

91
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social impact: what were published in Pravda to inspire heroism and self sacrifice

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deeply patriotic and violently anti german letters

92
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social impact: what was the international (socialist anthem) replaced by in 1943

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a new nationalistic song of the motherland

93
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social impact: what did artists enjoy more freedom in the interests of

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fostering an atmosphere of national reconciliation

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social impact: on what terms were previously banned individuals allowed to work again on

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so long as they avoided direct criticism of Marxist Leninism

95
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social impact: what happened to churches

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they were reopened and there was a respite in the persecution of them

96
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social impact: developments involving the clergy

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Russian patriarch restored and clergy released from camps

97
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social impact: what happened to priests and bishops

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they were officially vetted and had to swear an oath to the soviet state

98
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social impact: what did stalin want to use the church for

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to lift morale and strengthen the peoples resolve- attendance was encouraged

99
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social impact: what did church services become

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patriotic gatherings with sermons and prayers calling for victory and defiance of the germans

100
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social impact: what did priests bless

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troops and tanks and restored feelings of devotion to the motherland

101
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social impact: how was the church not allowed any real autonomy

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all Christian denominations placed under control of orthodox church- turned relgion into an arm of the gov

102
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social impact: what did the war bring a reaffirmation of the importance of

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the family

103
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social impact: what were the new measures introduced in july 1944 trying to combat

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falling birth rate and the deaths brought about by the war

104
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social impact: who were taxes increased for

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those with fewer than two children

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social impact: what were restrictions tightened on

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divorce

106
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social impact: what was forbidden

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abortion

107
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social impact: what right was re-established

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right to inherit family property

108
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social impact: what were mothers of more than two made

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heroines of the soviet union

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social impact: why did womens burdens increase in wartime

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they became essential members of the workforce and were expected to raise large families

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social impact: what percentage of all soviet workers were women by 1945

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50%

111
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social impact: what percentage of land workers were women by 1945

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4/5

112
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social impact: what were recruited from women

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local defence units and fire wardens

113
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social impact: how many women fought in the soviet armed forces as pilots, snipers etc

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over 500,000

114
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social impact: what happened to womens pay rates between 1930 and 1945

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they fell

115
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social impact: why were some soviet citizens and red army soldiers forced to live in occupied territory

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they found themselves left behind the german lines in the rapid advance of 1941

116
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social impact: what tactics did partisan groups use to harass the enemy and sabotage operations

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guerilla tactics

117
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social impact: why was zoya kosmodemyansanka made a hero of the soviet union

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partisan who refused to betray her comrades when caught by germans as she cut telephone cables

118
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social impact: who, other than partisans, were liable to be the victims of harsh punishments at german hands

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innocent villagers also massacred in reprisals because of partisan activity

119
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stalin: what effect did the war have on stalins reputation

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his reputation soared- turned into a national superhero

120
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stalin: what soon adorned all public buildings to celebrate his image

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paintings portraying him as the great wartime leader

121
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stalin: what effect did the war have on stalins personality

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he became more paranoid

suspicions of real/imagined enemies had grown

122
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stalin: when was stalins increased paranoia most apparent

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in his attitude to returning prisoners of war- stalin regarded them as tainted with western values

123
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stalin: where were returning prisoners of war transferred to

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from german to soviet labour camps

124
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stalin: what was the fate of collaborationist soviet citizens who had fought for Germany against the USSR

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THEY WERE IMMEDIATELY EXECUTED AND THEIR COMMUNITITES MADE TO SUFFER

125
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stalin: example of those who were wiped out due to their support of german armies

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the cossacks

126
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stalin: where were servicemen returning to the ussr interrogated by the nkvd

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in filtration camps

127
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stalin: where were servicemen returning to ussr from abroad sent if they were believed to have potentially subversive views

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gulags

128
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stalin: what were servicemen with good war records given access to

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higher education and rapid promotion to better jobs

129
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government: what did stalin claim that the war had allowed the Stalinist system to prove

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its unquestionable vitality

130
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government: what did the soviet union emerge from the war as internationally

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a great military power

131
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government: what did the soviet union do as well as retaining all the regions occupied under Nazi-soviet pact and what effect did this have

A

took more which created a band of satellite states in eastern europe

132
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government: how was victory portrayed

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as a victory for the system, not the people

133
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government: did stalin change his style of government at all after the war

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no

retained positions of head of gov and party secretary

134
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government: what did the last years of stalins life see a return to

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the methods of the 1930s

135
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people: how many people in the western provinces at the end of the war had nothing but wooden huts to live in

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25 million

136
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people: how were the war years in some way easier for some people

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they offered ordinary people more opportunity for individual initiative and helped to bring state and people closer

137
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people: what gave people new hope for change now the war was over

A

the sense of collective endeavour for their country, their gov and stalin

138
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people: what helped to spread new liberal thinking

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the comradeship among soldiers

139
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people: what did army officers emerge from the war at the forefront of

A

the movement for greater liberalisation

140
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people: what opened the eyes of ordinary soviet citizens and disproved the propaganda image of the dismal west

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access western influence

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