Febuary mock Flashcards
when was NKVD order 00447?
30th July 1937
How many died from NKVD order 00447 in total?
600,000-800,000
When were the Officer corps?
June 1937
Who was nicknamed the “Red Napoleon”
Tukhachevsky, Moderniser of red army
How many of the high command were shot in the Officer corps?
512
who were the Leaders of the white army
Kolchak and Denikin
What did Denikin say about his army
“I can do nothing with my army”
In denekins 1919 Summer offensive, how close did he come to Moscow
320KM
How many peasants uprised/opposed collectivisation
2.5 Million
When was the first 5 year plan?
1928-1932
What were the main components of the NEP
Grain requisition abolished ,small businesses reopened ,Ban on private trade removed ,state control of large industry
What amount of grain exports did the NEP never exceed?
3 Million compared to grain exports being 12 Million in 1913
What was the Komsomol?
Communist group for teenagers
What was the Nomenklatura
5,500 designed party posts appointed by central party body in 1923
What decree was launched in January 1918
decree on the separation of church and state
What group was formed to challenge the church by the bolsheviks
Union of militant godless
How many died in Holodomor
5.7 Million
When did Stalin call for dekulakisation
27th December 1929
How many peasants were deported to Siberia in 1930-31
1.8 Million
What was the Kolkhoz
collective farms formed in 1935
What was the Urals Siberian method
Grain requisitioning backed up by “emergency measures” to ensure no grain hoarding
By what year had “real wages” past their pre war level
1928
How much did coal and Iron production increase in the first 5 year plan
Doubled
How many tons of coal did Alexei Stakhanov cut in 5 hours
102 tons of coal on 30th August 1935
What was the Stalin constitution of 1936
“democratic” cynical propaganda published before mass arrests
What were two rights included in Stalin’s constitution of 1936
Freedom from arbitrary arrest, freedom of speech
how many were arrested in the “Polish operation during “national sweeps”
140,000, (80% of these killed)
How many killed from “National Sweeps” in total
At least 250,000
When was Nicolai Yehzov appointed as Head of NKVD
1936
What was the great terror called?
Yezovschina
How many inefficient wooden ploughs were in use in 1927 during the NEP
5 Million
How many people are estimated to be killed in the red terror
500,000
What launched the red terror
Assassination attempt on Lenin on 30th August 1918
How many Kronstadt sailors were killed in the kronstadt uprising
10,000
What did Lenin and Trotsky condemn the Kronstadt uprising as
A “White plot”
What did Trotsky call the Kronstadt sailors in 1917
“The pride and glory of the revolution”
What was Brest Litovsk seen as around Russia
A ‘shameful peace’
What percentage of railway lines and iron/coal reserves lost from Brest Litovsk
26% railway, 74% of iron/coal
How many orphans were there in the 1920s
Between 7-9 Million orphans
How many divorce cases were instigated by men at the end the 1920s
70%
What was Vera Mukhina giant statue created for and what did it show
1937 world fair in Paris. ‘worker and kolkhoz woman’-ideal symbol of new soviet speech
In 1927 what did a survey on school children aged 11 to 15 show and how many believed in God
Increasingly negative views on communist values as they get older, 50% still believed in God
What was the pioneers
communist youth group for children below age of 15
How many were killed in 1922 during the anti church campaign
more than 8,000
How many slogans did Mayakovsky make
3,000
How many cinema tickets were sold in 1928
300 Million
When was the mass deportation of Kulaks ended and why?
May 1933, disruption to agriculture and difficulties in organising resettlement was too great
What % of vegetables and meat did the collective farms provide
52% of vegetables, 70% of meat
Where did Stalin go during the Kulak offensive
Two to three months in his Dacha(country home)- did law of 5 ears of corn
What did the Labour decree of 1940 include
Working day lengthened from 7 to 8 hours ,working days increased from 5 to 6 days
What was the goal for electricity output in the first 5 year plan, what was the actual production increase achieved?
600% aim
Output tripled
How many enterprises were opened in the first 5 year plan
1,500
How many enterprises opened in the 2nd five year plan
4,500
What major works were made in the second 5 year plan
Volga canal, Moscow metro
How many members were in the Komsomol in 1927
2 Million
When was the Shakhty trial
May 1928
