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0
Q

The Triumvirate was aimed against?

A

Trotsky

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Q

Triumvirate of Stalin, Kamenev and Zinoviev formed?

A

1923-25

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2
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Lenin died?

A

Jan 1924

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3
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New opposition of Kamenev and Zinoviev against the duumvirate of Stalin and Bukharin formed?

A

1925-26

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4
Q

United opposition of Kamenev, Zinoviev and Trotsky against Stalin and Bukharin formed?

A

1926-27

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5
Q

Trotsky was sent to exile?

A

1927

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6
Q

Grain procurement crisis occurred?

A

1927-8

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7
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What was the grain procurement crisis?

A

A significant shortage of food available for the towns

Government was paying very low prices for grain - so peasants were hoarding it

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8
Q

1st five year plan?

A

1928

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9
Q

The first five year plan was aimed at developing what?

A

Heavy industries

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10
Q

First show trial was?

A

The shakhty trial of 53 mining engineers

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11
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What was the Shakhty trial 1928?

A

53 mining engineers from the Donbass region were accused of industrial sabotage and conspiring with Germany
49 were convicted
5 were executed

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12
Q

When was there a massive drive to collectivise farms in the USSR?

A

1929-30

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13
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What were the problems with collectivisation?

A

Peasants killed and ate animals
Burned down homes
Destroyed farming equipment
Food shortages worsened

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14
Q

Dizzy with success was published?

A

March 1930

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15
Q

Dizzy success blamed?

A

Local officials for the chaos in the countryside

Raising quotas which weren’t being met

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16
Q

Union of soviet writers was created?

A

1932

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17
Q

Union of soviet writers replaced what?

A

The Russian association of proletarian writers

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18
Q

Ryutin affair was?

A

1932

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19
Q

2nd five year plan was ?

A

1933

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20
Q

The 2nd 5YP was to…

A

Improve agricultural output from collectivisation
More mechanical equipment
‘Showpiece’ development for propaganda
New factories
Wages system - rewarded those who worked hard

21
Q

Kirov was murdered?

A

1934

22
Q

Stalin claimed that kirov’s murder was part of?

A

A widespread opposition/conspiracy against the government used as an excuse for Stalin to purge

23
Q

Collectivisation was almost completed?

A

1936

24
Q

Yezhovschina occurred?

A

1936-38

25
Q

Yezhovschina was the…

A

Great Terror, led by Yezhov (head of NKVD)

26
Q

Trial of 16 occurred?

A

1936

27
Q

Trial of 16 involved?

A

Kamenev and zinoviev

28
Q

Trial of 16 accused kamenev and zinoviev of being members of the…

A

Trotskyite-Zinovievite counter-revolutionary bloc

With the conspiracy to murder Kirov and undermining 5YP

29
Q

The trial of 17 occurred in?

A

1937

30
Q

The trial of 17 included?

A

Radek and pyatakov

Charles with spying for nazi Germany

31
Q

The trial of 21 occurred?

A

1938

32
Q

The trial of 21 included?

A

Bukharin, rykov and yagoda
Accused of treason & sabotage
Accused of plotting to kill Lenin

33
Q

3rd 5YP occurred?

A

1938

34
Q

3rd 5YP devoted to?

A

Production of aircraft, tanks and weapons

35
Q

The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was signed?

A

August 1939

36
Q

The Molotov-Ribbentrop pace was a …

A

Non-aggressive treaty signed by the nazis and the USSR

Included a secret deal to split Eastern Europe

37
Q

Operation Barbarossa was launched?

A

1941

38
Q

Operation Barbarossa was when?

A

Germany invaded the USSR

39
Q

Lend lease occurred?

A

1941-45

40
Q

Lend lease was the policy where the?

A

USA supplied goods to the USSR free of charge until the end of the war

41
Q

Battle of Stalingrad occurred?

A

1942-3

42
Q

In the battle of Stalingrad , Stalin ordered every able-bodied citizen to be supplied with a rifle to defend the city. This began a …

A

Counter-attack, smashed the German line, forcing them to retreat

43
Q

Battle of Kursk occurred?

A

1943

44
Q

The battle of Kursk was a?

A

Decisive victory

45
Q

Capture of Berlin was?

A

May 1945

46
Q

The 4th 5YP occurred?

A

1946

47
Q

The 4th 5YP helped the USSR’s ?

A

Economy grow bigger

48
Q

The USSR tested an atomic bomb in?

A

1949

49
Q

Stalin died in?

A

1953

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