20: high Stalinism

Question 1

when did stalins authority over state and party and his cult of personality reach its pinnicle

Answer 1

1945-53

Question 2

how to describe stalins leadership in high Stalinism

Answer 2

undisputed

Question 3

political high Stalinism: what was stalins approach to post war government

Answer 3

back to the future

Question 4

political high Stalinism: what effect did stalin think increased party membership under lax wartime rule had

Answer 4

made party unwieldly and potentially unreliable

reputation of soviet military too high

Question 5

political high Stalinism: what happened to wartime institutions

Answer 5

dismantled

Question 6

political high Stalinism: when was the GKO dissolved

Answer 6

4 sept 1945

its functions returned to various commissariats

Question 7

political high Stalinism: what happened to the military hierarchy

Answer 7

it was downgraded

Question 8

political high Stalinism: who took the role of minister of defence

Answer 8

stalin

Question 9

political high Stalinism: why was Zhukov demoted

Answer 9

seen as potential rival for popular adulation

Question 10

political high Stalinism: what happened to zhukv

Answer 10

sent to military command in Odessa, losing his position on central committee of party