Changes in the Comintern

Question 1

Between what years had the Comintern been a low priority for Stalin?

Answer 1

1924-1929

Question 2

When was the sixth Comintern?

Answer 2

July 1928

Question 3

What did Stalin put forward in the sixth Comintern in July 1928?

Answer 3

he put forward the view that the world situation was changing and so it was time for an attack on the ‘social fascists’

Question 4

What did Stalin say the Comintern must do in the sixth Comintern in July 1928?

Answer 4

• to purge weak elements

- to prepare for a turn to fight to spread revolution across the world

Question 5

who did Stalin put in the Comintern?

Answer 5

loyal yes men

Question 6

What did Soviet agents do abroad?

Answer 6

they infiltrated foreign communist parties and reported back to Moscow

Question 7

Rather than an international brother hood what did the Comintern become?

Answer 7

a tool of Stalins ‘top down’ foreign policy

Question 8

By when was Stalins control over the political system of the USSR virtually absolute?

Answer 8

1929