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1
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when was NKVD order 00447?

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30th July 1937

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2
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How many died from NKVD order 00447 in total?

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600,000-800,000

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3
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When were the Officer corps?

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June 1937

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4
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Who was nicknamed the “Red Napoleon”

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Tukhachevsky, Moderniser of red army

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5
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How many of the high command were shot in the Officer corps?

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512

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6
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who were the Leaders of the white army

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Kolchak and Denikin

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7
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What did Denikin say about his army

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“I can do nothing with my army”

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8
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In denekins 1919 Summer offensive, how close did he come to Moscow

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320KM

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9
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How many peasants uprised/opposed collectivisation

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2.5 Million

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10
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When was the first 5 year plan?

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1928-1932

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11
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What were the main components of the NEP

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Grain requisition abolished ,small businesses reopened ,Ban on private trade removed ,state control of large industry

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12
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What amount of grain exports did the NEP never exceed?

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3 Million compared to grain exports being 12 Million in 1913

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13
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What was the Komsomol?

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Communist group for teenagers

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What was the Nomenklatura

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5,500 designed party posts appointed by central party body in 1923

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15
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What decree was launched in January 1918

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decree on the separation of church and state

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16
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What group was formed to challenge the church by the bolsheviks

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Union of militant godless

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17
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How many died in Holodomor

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5.7 Million

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18
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When did Stalin call for dekulakisation

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27th December 1929

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19
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How many peasants were deported to Siberia in 1930-31

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1.8 Million

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20
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What was the Kolkhoz

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collective farms formed in 1935

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21
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What was the Urals Siberian method

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Grain requisitioning backed up by “emergency measures” to ensure no grain hoarding

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22
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By what year had “real wages” past their pre war level

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1928

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23
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How much did coal and Iron production increase in the first 5 year plan

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Doubled

24
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How many tons of coal did Alexei Stakhanov cut in 5 hours

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102 tons of coal on 30th August 1935

25
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What was the Stalin constitution of 1936

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“democratic” cynical propaganda published before mass arrests

26
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What were two rights included in Stalin’s constitution of 1936

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Freedom from arbitrary arrest, freedom of speech

27
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how many were arrested in the “Polish operation during “national sweeps”

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140,000, (80% of these killed)

28
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How many killed from “National Sweeps” in total

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At least 250,000

29
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When was Nicolai Yehzov appointed as Head of NKVD

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1936

30
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What was the great terror called?

A

Yezovschina

31
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How many inefficient wooden ploughs were in use in 1927 during the NEP

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5 Million

32
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How many people are estimated to be killed in the red terror

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500,000

33
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What launched the red terror

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Assassination attempt on Lenin on 30th August 1918

34
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How many Kronstadt sailors were killed in the kronstadt uprising

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10,000

35
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What did Lenin and Trotsky condemn the Kronstadt uprising as

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A “White plot”

36
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What did Trotsky call the Kronstadt sailors in 1917

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“The pride and glory of the revolution”

37
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What was Brest Litovsk seen as around Russia

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A ‘shameful peace’

38
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What percentage of railway lines and iron/coal reserves lost from Brest Litovsk

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26% railway, 74% of iron/coal

39
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How many orphans were there in the 1920s

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Between 7-9 Million orphans

40
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How many divorce cases were instigated by men at the end the 1920s

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70%

41
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What was Vera Mukhina giant statue created for and what did it show

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1937 world fair in Paris. ‘worker and kolkhoz woman’-ideal symbol of new soviet speech

42
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In 1927 what did a survey on school children aged 11 to 15 show and how many believed in God

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Increasingly negative views on communist values as they get older, 50% still believed in God

43
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What was the pioneers

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communist youth group for children below age of 15

44
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How many were killed in 1922 during the anti church campaign

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more than 8,000

45
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How many slogans did Mayakovsky make

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3,000

46
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How many cinema tickets were sold in 1928

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300 Million

47
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When was the mass deportation of Kulaks ended and why?

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May 1933, disruption to agriculture and difficulties in organising resettlement was too great

48
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What % of vegetables and meat did the collective farms provide

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52% of vegetables, 70% of meat

49
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Where did Stalin go during the Kulak offensive

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Two to three months in his Dacha(country home)- did law of 5 ears of corn

50
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What did the Labour decree of 1940 include

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Working day lengthened from 7 to 8 hours ,working days increased from 5 to 6 days

51
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What was the goal for electricity output in the first 5 year plan, what was the actual production increase achieved?

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600% aim
Output tripled

52
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How many enterprises were opened in the first 5 year plan

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1,500

53
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How many enterprises opened in the 2nd five year plan

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4,500

54
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What major works were made in the second 5 year plan

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Volga canal, Moscow metro

55
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How many members were in the Komsomol in 1927

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2 Million

56
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When was the Shakhty trial

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May 1928

A level History, Tsarist and communist Russia (19 decks)

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