3: Society Under Stalin Flashcards

1
Q

How many were still religious?

A

1937 57%

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2
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How many churches were closed?

A

1941
40,000

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3
Q

When did Russian become compulsory in schools?

A

1938

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4
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Literacy rates in 1941

A

94% in towns
86% in countryside

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5
Q

What was forbidden in 1935? (Religion)

A

Pilgrimages to Mecca and wearing veils (Muslims)

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6
Q

What were the Jews given in 1926?

A

‘National homeland’ in the Far East
Became an autonomous Republic with 25% Jewish population by 1941

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7
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Deportations of non Russians

A

Began in 1929 with Finns
Followed by Poles, Ukrainians, and other European Russians

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8
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Stalin’s approach to new Jewish citizens from aquiring Poland

A

Many rabbis sent to gulags

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9
Q

How was propaganda seen in peasants’ homes?

A

‘Red corner’ dedicated to Stalin

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10
Q

What was Petrograd changed to?

A

Leningrad

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11
Q

All writers had to belong to…

A

The union of soviet writers in 1932

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12
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When did Stalin begin promoting his Cult of Personality?

A

1929

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13
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Wages in 1937

A

Lower than in 1928

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14
Q

How were family values encouraged?

A

Adultery criminalised 1936
Contraception+ abortion banned
Divorce more expensive
1936 financial incentives for large families (tax exemptions)
“Mother Heroine” title for 10 or more children

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15
Q

How was folk culture used?

A

Much was invented to be used as a tool by the authorities

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16
Q

What did Lenin oppose that Stalin encouraged?

A

A cult of personality

17
Q

When was High Stalinism?

18
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When did Stalin suffer a stroke?

19
Q

Describe the 1936 Constitution

A

‘The most democratic nation in the world’
Propaganda for the rest of the world
Claimed to have freedom of speech, autonomy for ethnic groups, and elections every 4 years with universal adult suffrage

20
Q

How did terror and repression continue?

A

1949 purge of Leningrad party
Anti-semitism
1951 purge in Georgia (likely anti-semitic)
1952 Doctors’ Plot (anti-semitic)

21
Q

Who was Zhdanov?

A

“Propagandist in chief”

22
Q

Zhdanovschina

A

Cultural purge launched after war
Targetted threat posed by Westernisation of Soviet culture

23
Q

Which author was expelled from the Union of Soviet Writers for writing a book about an anti-Soviet monkey?

A

Mikhail Zoshchenko
“The Adventures of the Monkey”

24
Q

Which composer was targetted in the Zhdanovschina?

A

Shostakovich

25
The role of ____ diminished under High Stalinism
The party
26
Diminishing role of the party during High Stalinism
No Party Congress between 1939 - 1952
27
What did Stalin attempt to cover up (anti semitism)?
The Holocaust
28
There was a growing ____ in the party
Elitism
29
Youth movements
Komsomol Young Pioneers
30
When was the devaluation of the rouble?
1947
31
How did workers fare after the war?
Working week remained at war time levels of 12 hours a day No improvements in working or living conditions