30 - High Stalinism And The Revival Of Terror Flashcards
What had most Soviet people made in the hope for a better future? What happened to these hopes?
Huge sacrifices
Dashed
Who became Russia’s new enemy post-war? What War did Russia have to prepare for?
USA
Cold War
What didn’t take place in Russia after 1945? Where was Russia sealed off from?
Reform
The West
What was increased in Russia? What force was strengthened?
Censorship
NKVD
Whose rule appeared to be stronger after victory in war? Who did he still fear?
Stalin’s rule
Rivals
What Committee did Stalin abolish to strengthen his control? What group was demoted?
State Defence Committee
High-ranking army generals
Who was posted far away from Moscow? Why?
Zhukov
Stalin saw him as a rival
What role did Stalin make himself? Who did he become more suspicious of?
Defence Minister
Those around him
What 2 organisations did Stalin dispense with?
Central Committee
Politburo
When was the first post-war party congress? Who did Stalin rely on to bypass his party and assert authority?
1952
Private advisers
What did Stalin revive as a political weapon? What didn’t this reach post-war?
Terror
Pre-war levels
How many people were executed for “counter-revolutionary” activities? What are 2 of the more significant purges?
Thousands
“Leningrad Affair”
“Doctors’ Plot”
Who did Stalin turn on in 1949? What did the organisation’s leaders show?
The Leningrad Party organisation
Independence and solidarity
Who were 2 leaders of the Leningrad Party seen as successors of? What did Stalin do to these people?
Stalin
Shot
What did the Cold War breed an intense fear of? What could Soviet citizens be arrested for?
Foreigners
Contact with a foreigner
Who was Stalin particularly fearful of? How many lived in the Soviet Union?
Jews
2 million
What had Stalin supported the created state of in 1948? What did he become afraid of when it turned out to be pro-American?
Israel
Jewish support
What did Stalin falsely announce about Kremlin doctors in 1952? How many of these “white-coated assassins” were Jewish?
They tried to kill him and others
7 out of 9
How many Kremlin doctors were arrested? What were they tortured into?
Hundreds
Confessions
What happened to thousands of Jews after they were forced into making false confessions? What camps did they enter?
They were deported
Labour camps
What anti-religious feeling was hyped up by Stalin and the press? When did Stalin die, at the height of the hype?
Anti-semitism
5th March 1953
