Ethnic Minorities and Satellite States

Question 1

How did Stalin lose control of Yugoslavia?

Answer 1

Tito wanted to create a national identity and independence for his country.
In response, Stalin removed financial aid in 1948 in hopes that living standards would deteriorate and Tito would lose support

Question 2

How was Tito successful?

Answer 2

His version of communism is believed to be how Marx would have wanted it to be.
Secured IMF loan after Stalin removed financial aid-> strengthened relations with the west

Question 3

How many votes were for the communists in the Yugoslavia “free elections”?

Answer 3

1/5, yet they were still elected

Question 4

In 1945, how many communist leaders were expelled in Yugoslavia for not being Pro-Stalinist?

Answer 4

250,000

Question 5

When did Stalin prompt a military coup to enforce a communist revolution in Czech?

Answer 5

1948
Was concerned with their trades with the west

Question 6

What was the 1948 Brussels pact?

Answer 6

West were concerned about the spread of communism, agreed to defend members attacked by an external aggressor

Question 7

What percentage of reparations from Germany did Britain and the US agree to give to Russia?

Answer 7

10%

Question 8

What was the idea of ‘bizonia’ and why did it not work?

Answer 8

The idea to intergrate British and US owned zones of Germany
Stalin rejected the idea

Question 9

What was the Berlin blockade?

Answer 9

Stalin blockaded West Berlin from the East to prevent capitalist influence
Soon lifted the blockade

Question 10

How did Stalin maintain soviet control over the satellite states?

Answer 10

• Cominform
• Banned states from alliance with other countries
• Military intervention
• Stalins cult of personality

Question 11

What was cominform?

Answer 11

Exchanged information across the nine European communist parties

Question 12

What was the percentages agreement?

Answer 12

1944
Churchill and Stalin divided Eastern Europe into spheres of influence

Question 13

When did Poland become a one party state?

Answer 13

1948

Question 14

How were the polish people repressed following the war?

Answer 14

• 1950- over 30,000 workers went on strike, they were rounded up and sent to concentration camps
• Country surrounded by 1200 watchtowers and 300 km of barbed wire

Question 15

When was Poland renamed to the people’s Republic of Poland ?

Answer 15

1952