Culture and Society

Question 1

What did the Patriarch of the Orthodox church do in 1927?

Answer 1

Sergius promised to stay out of politics for the state recognition of the church

Question 2

When was the holy day of Sunday abolished?

Answer 2

1929-1940

Question 3

How many workers had each day off?

Answer 3

1/6th

Question 4

How did the 1936 constitution benefit priests?

Answer 4

Priests regained their right to vote

Question 5

Describe how muslims were affected?

Answer 5

Sharia courts abolished
Property and institutions seized
New Mosque - pro soviet created
from 1935 pilgrimages 2 Mecca were forbidden

Question 6

How many churches and mosques were closed and converted by 1941?

Answer 6

40,000 Churches

25,000 Mosques

Question 7

In a 1937 census how many citizens described themselves as religious?

Answer 7

over half a million

Question 8

When was the new family code put forward and made law?

Answer 8

Put forward- May 1936

Made Law- June

Question 9

Describe the new family codes of 1936

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Answer 9

Abortions were illegal
Difficult to get a divorce- large fees and both arties need to attend proceedings
Contraception banned- only on medical grounds
Mothers +6 kids= tax exemption
Child support by father = 60%
Child 12+ treated in court like an adult
Adultery criminalised and male offenders published in the press
New decrees homosexuality and prostitution but ignored in practise

Question 10

Describe the effects of the new family codes?

Answer 10

number of women working in factories increased

Divorce and abortion remained high

Question 11

What was the divorce rate of Moscow 1934?

Answer 11

34%

Question 12

Compare the number of abortions to live births in 1934

Answer 12

over 150,000 abortions to every

57,000 live births

Question 13

In 1939 what percentage of men and women in their 30s were married?

Answer 13

91% of all men

82% of all women

Question 14

Who provided the centralised control of education ?

Describe the options as you age

Answer 14

Narkompros
Nursery-3
Infant until 7
secondary- at least 15

Question 15

Who controlled the universities?

Answer 15

Vershenka

Question 16

When was the quota system for working class children in secondary schools abandoned?

Answer 16

1935

Question 17

Compare the literacy before the revolution to the city and town folk in 1941

Answer 17

Before the revolution 65%

After towns 94% 9-49 age/ countryside = 86%

Question 18

When was the Komsol set up and for which age group?

Answer 18

1926, aged 10-28

Question 19

What was the organisation for age 10-15 year olds

Answer 19

Young Pioneers

Frees summer and winter holiday camps plus community centres

Question 20

When did Komsol become directly affiliated with the Party?

Answer 20

1939

Question 21

Name a youth newspaper?

Answer 21

Komsomolskaia Pravda

Question 22

What was the signature uniform of the Komsol?

Answer 22

Red neckerchief and rank badges, allowed them to be favoured in the environment

Question 23

Who did the best out of Stalin’s Russia?

Answer 23

Skilled Workers

Question 24

When were wage differentials introduced?

Answer 24

1931

Question 25

What was different for the rural areas?

Answer 25

Previously untouched but was now under central control

Question 26

Who was the new socialist man and women?

Answer 26

Urban creature , willingly accepted what the Soviet said, no room for private life

Question 27

What did Trofim Lysenko famously say as a scientist?

Answer 27

Humans can pass on characteristics to the next generations

Question 28

By 1941 how many churches were still working as a church ?

Answer 28

1 in 40 churches

Question 29

How many of the Bishops in place in 1930 were killed or incarcerated?

Answer 29

152/168