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1
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Revolution in Petrograd - provisional govt set up.

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Feb 1917

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2
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Bolshevik revolution

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October 1917

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3
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Decree on land

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October 1917

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4
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Decree of peace

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October 1917

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5
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Workers’ decree

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November 1917

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6
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Decree of workers’ control

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April 1918

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7
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Nationwide elections - bolsheviks got 23% of vote

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November 1917

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Constituent assembly meets for the first time and is closed 1 day later by Lenin

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January 1918

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9
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Treaty of Brest - Litovsk

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March 1918

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10
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Russian civil war

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1918-21

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11
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Lenin creates Cheka

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December 1917

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12
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Stalin launches purges

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1934

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13
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Stalin comes second to Kirov in a vote at end of congress of victors to elect a new central committee

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February 1934

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14
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Peasants in Tambov rebelled against grain requisitioning , led by Aleksandr Antonov

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Jan 1921

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15
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Peasants attacks on govt grain stores all along Volgo river

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March 1921

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16
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Strikes in cities against communist policy

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1921

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17
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Lenin authorised Cheka to destroy opposition political parties

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February 1921

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18
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what year was the party congress where NEP created

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1921

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19
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Trial of the 16- zinoviev + Kamenev executed

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1936

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20
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Trial of the 17 - Trotsky supporters

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1937

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21
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Trial of the 21 - Bukharin and supporters

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1938

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22
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Leningrad affair

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1949

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23
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Stalin becomes chair of Sovnarkom, most senior committee in the state

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1941

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24
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Politburo most senior committee

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1938

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25
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GKO most senior committee

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1942

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26
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Council of ministers most senior committee

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1945

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27
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1st 5 year plan - heavy industry

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1928-32

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28
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2nd 5 year plan - light industry

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1933-37

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29
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3rd 5 year plan - armaments

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1938-41

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30
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Soviet’s invade Afghanistan

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December 1979

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31
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New soviet constitution

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1977

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32
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Khrushchev replaced 1/2 of the regional party secretaries and 44% of the central committee

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1953-56

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33
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Khrushchev cuts the number of central ministries from 55 to 25

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1954

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34
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Secret speech

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25th feb 1956

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35
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Commission set up to review cases of political prisoners in gulag

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May 1954

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36
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51,439 prisoners including 26,155 political prisoners released from gulag

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June 1956

37
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Demonstrations in favour of multi party democracy at Moscow state university

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1957

38
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2/3 regional secretaries and the presidium were replaced

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1957-61

39
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Radical destalinisation halted

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End of 1957

40
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Senior figures in presidium began plotting Khrushchev overthrow

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June 1964

41
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Khrushchev retired

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October 1964

42
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Only 2 people promoted to politburo

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1964-71

43
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80-90% of central committee members retained their jobs following party congress

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1966-71

44
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Average age of politburo members

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1966 - 58
1972 - 62
1982 - 75

45
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Average age of central committee members

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1961 - 52
1981 - 62

46
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when Party congress bans factions

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1921

47
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Chernobyl

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April 26th 1986 at 1:21 am

48
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1986-86

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Rationalisation, period of uskorenie, economic reforms

49
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Reform , introduce market reforms into soviet economy, political reform to allow greater change

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1987 - March 1990

50
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Transformations m, horn abandoned fundamental aspects of the system, such as single party rule and command economy

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March 1990 - august 1991

51
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Gorb reduced alchohol production at state run factories by 50%

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May 1985

52
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Alchohol consumption still double that of 1960

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1987

53
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Soviets of age 16 still consuming around 15-16 L of alchohol a year

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1987

54
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Govt alchohol revenue dropped by 67 billion rubles

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1987

55
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Alchohol reduction campaign abandoned

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1988

56
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Pro Ceaușescu rally staged in Romania

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December 1989

57
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Coup against Gorbachev by his politburo

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August 1991

58
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Boris Yeltsin becomes parliamentary leader of Russia

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1990

59
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Gorbachev brings hardliners into govt

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1990

60
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Fighting in capital of lithuania, 14 killed

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1991

61
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12% below poverty line

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1991

62
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1/4 people spend all their money on food

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1991

63
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Only 57% of scheduled deliveries arrived

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1990

64
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Minsk agreements - Soviet Union breaks up

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December 1991

65
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when did Petrograd Trade unions council meet and give their full support to the new Bolshevik govt. and Lenins decrees

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31st October 1917

66
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when and how did the Red Army crush the Tambov rebellion

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May 1918 - deported 10,000 to labour camps and attacked peasants with gas

67
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end of Feb 1921

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all Mensheviks in petrograd and Moscow were arrested and sent to prison

68
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Lenin as leader

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1917-24

69
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Stalin as leader

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1928 - 53

70
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Khrushchev as leader

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1953-64

71
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Brezhnev as leader

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1964-82

72
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andropov as leader

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1982-84

73
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Chernenko as leader

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1984-85

74
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Gorbachev as leader

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1985-91

75
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Kirov murdered

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December 1934

76
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when was state capitalism the official policy of the new govt.

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March to June 1918

77
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years and policies about labour discipline under war communism

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1918 - working day extended to eleven hours
1919 - work made compulsory for all abled bodied people 16-50

78
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when did workshops in cities begin to close due to lack of fuel

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late 1920

79
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When was the mutiny at the Kronstadt naval base

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March 1921

80
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when was the NEP the USSRs policy

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1921-28

81
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when did production under the NEP start to plateau

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1926/27 to 1928

82
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years of first 5 year plan

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1928-32

83
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years of second 5 year plan

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1933-37

84
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years of 3rd five year plan

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1938-41

85
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when was the Moscow metro’s first train line opened

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1935

86
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when was Moscow-Volga Canal made

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1932-37

87
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when did Stalin introduce a nationwide incentive to address problem of low productivity and what was it

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1935 - Stalin authorised higher payments and rewards for productive workers

88
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Russia 1917-91 - History (9 decks)

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