Definitions for Stalin

Question 1

Peasant:

Answer 1

The poor farmers that made up most of the Russian population.

Question 2

NEP

Answer 2

The ‘New Economic Policy’ introduced in March 1921 by Lenin with economic and social reforms containing elements of capitalism.

Question 3

Kulaks

Answer 3

wealthy peasant farmers

Question 4

Gosplan

Answer 4

The committee responsible for economic planning in the Soviet Union.

Question 5

NKVD

Answer 5

the communist secret police

Question 6

Trade Union

Answer 6

A workers association with a representative who can negotiate with the employers which protects human rights.

Question 7

Capitalist

Answer 7

A person who uses their wealth to invest in trade and industry for profit

(in accordance with the principles of capitalism.)

Question 8

Capitalism

Answer 8

An economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit.

Question 9

Socialism

Answer 9

People sharing wealth, working for the benefit of everyone

Question 10

Communism

Answer 10

People working according to their abilities and were only paid according to their needs.

Question 11

The USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

Answer 11

The new Soviet communist constitution introduced in 1923 made up of Russia, Byelorussia, Ukraine and the Caucasus.

Question 12

Politburo

Answer 12

The collective name of the new government that was introduced along with the NEP after War Communism.

Question 13

Rightists

Answer 13

Members of the Politburo who believe in the continuation of Lenin’s NEP. (Bukharin, Rykov, Tomsky and Stalin)

Question 14

Left Opposition

Answer 14

Members of the Politburo who wanted an end to the NEP and industrialise the USSR (Zinoviev, Trotsky, Kamanev)

Question 15

Lenin’s Testament

Answer 15

Lenin’s letter to the Party Congress outlining his ideas for the future of Russia and his opinions on the members of the Politburo.

Question 16

Kolkhoz

Answer 16

The name for the collectivised farm.

Question 17

Collectivisation

Answer 17

The joining of multiple small farms into one large farm in order to increase effectiveness and production.

Question 18

Command economy

Answer 18

An economy that is based on strict economic plans.

Question 19

Five Year plan

Answer 19

The Gosplan’s detailed plan and goals for developing the USSR.

Question 20

Heavy Industry

Answer 20

Mining such as coal, iron, steel, oil and machine making.

Question 21

Consumer Goods

Answer 21

Goods such as clothing, furniture and shoes.

Question 22

Internal Passport

Answer 22

Passports issued to workers that limit the movement of workers.

Question 23

Shock Brigades

Answer 23

Groups of young workers who aimed to set a good example by competing with each other to increase their output.

Question 24

Stakhanovites

Answer 24

The most qualified workers that were seen and treated as national heroes but were hated by their fellows workers as they were favoured and rewarded.

Question 25

Zeks

Answer 25

Prisoners of the USSR.

Question 26

Purge

Answer 26

To eradicate something entirely.

Question 27

Show Trial

Answer 27

The public trials of key political figures in which the press were given maximum publicity.

Question 28

Trotskyite

Answer 28

A supporter of Trotsky ideologies.
Used as a derogatory term.