Key Statistics Stalin Reign

Question 1

Social weaknesses
How many people died in the famine of 1932-34?

Answer 1

6-8 million people

Question 2

Social weaknesses
How many peasants died from effects of dekulakisation and deportation?

Answer 2

10 million

Question 3

What happened in the trial of 16? 1936

Answer 3

Zinoviev and kamenev - both accepted responsibility for Kirov’s murder. Pleaded guilty to planning Stalins murder. Both executed. Eliminated old rivals

Question 4

NVKD order 0044
How many people arrested within one month?

Answer 4

More than 100,000 arrested

Question 5

What happened in the trail of 17? 1937

Answer 5

• 17 party members
• 13 sentenced to death
• accused of plotting with Trotsky and sabotaging industry
• eliminated potential rivals

Question 6

The ‘Great Purge’ of the Red Army
How many army leaders were sacked between 1937-39?

Answer 6

Over 30,000

Question 7

What happened in the trial of 21? 1938

Answer 7

• 21 people including Bukharin
• charges = plots to assassinate Stalin and overthrow USSR
• all found guilty and executed
• eliminated potential rivals

Question 8

Purges
By 1938 how many party members were purged?

Answer 8

1/3

Question 9

During terror
How many people were executed in 1937-38?

Answer 9

Nearly 650,000

Question 10

During terror
By how much did the prisoner population of the Gulags increase between 1937 and 1938?

Answer 10

1 million