AT2 Quotes

Question 1

What did I. Deustcher quote on politics :

Answer 1

“…But what was real in these nights of democracy was the constitutional ban on any opposition.”

Question 2

What did L. Kochan quote on economics:

Answer 2

…The fear of war combined to create a society that was more and more totalitarian.”

Question 3

what did table 52 from the resource booklet highlight

Answer 3

Table 52 from the Resource Booklet - Progress towards collectivisation highlights the effective nature of collectivisation as by 1941, 98% of peasant farms were collectivised.

Question 4

what did T. Skocpol quote on terror and the NKVD:

Answer 4

“…Soviet Citizens at all levels of society were subjected to intense secret police surveillance and were constantly subject to possible arrest for real or imagined infractions…”

Question 5

what did I. Deustcher say on the weakness of political opponents:

Answer 5

“…Two years after the end of the Civil War Russian society already lived under Stalin’s virtual rule, without being aware of the ruler’s name.”

Question 6

What did A. Wood quote on the death of Lenin:

Answer 6

“In the years following Lenin’s death, Stalin played a waiting game, leaving it to the other side to move first, and then exploiting it’s mistakes.”

Question 7

What did M. McCauley say on Stalin’s political capabilites:

Answer 7

“Stalin was moderate and methodical, he was the only one skilled at building tactical alliances and this put him head and shoulders above the rest.”
Historian Martin McCauley

Question 8

what did picture 24 from the resource booklet highlight:

Answer 8

Picture 24 from Russia Resource Booklet - Soviet Propaganda: the significant achievements of the First Five-Year Plan

Question 9

What Did J. Jenkins say on the consequences of Stalin on the population:

Answer 9

“…Death from starvation mowed down the village. First the children, then the old people, then those of middle age.”
Jane Jenkins