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AQA History - Tsarist and Communist Russia 1855-1964 > Khrushchev - Culture 1953-1964 > Flashcards

Khrushchev - Culture 1953-1964 Flashcards

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1
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What socialist campaign was revived?

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Against the church

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2
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What was made illegal to teach school children in 1961?

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Religion

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What subject was introduced into the school curriculum?

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Atheism - a course on the ‘foundations of scientific atheism’

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4
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What was there a mass closure of?

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Seminary schools, orthodox churches, monasteries

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5
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What was ‘the Thaw’?

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A relaxation of culture and censorship - a result of destalinisation

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6
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What restrictions were lifted?

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  • foreign radio
  • foreign literature
  • international tourism ‘Intourist’
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7
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What culture was allowed?

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That denounced Stalin and did not criticise Marxist-Leninism

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8
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Which previously denounced cultural artists were pardoned?

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  • Shostakovich
  • Akhmatova
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9
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What was published in 1962 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn?

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One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich

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10
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What book was banned?

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Pasternak’s Dr Zhivago

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11
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When was Dr Zhivago published? Where?

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1957 in Italy

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12
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What happened to Boris Pasternak?

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Expelled from the Soviet Union of Writers

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13
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What does Tamizdat mean?

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Illegally publishing works abroad

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14
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What does Samizdat mean?

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Illegally transcribing banned works

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15
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Who was there a statue built of in 1958?

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Mayakovsky

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16
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What did the Mayakovsy square spark?

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Groups of poetry readings

17
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What happened to some of the poetry groups in 1961?

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They were arrested for subversive political activity

18
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How many were arrested for living an ‘anti-social’ and parasitic way of life?

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130,000

19
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Where were people sent for subverting politics?

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Labour camps or mental hospitals

20
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What is magnitizdat?

A

Illegal tape recordings of music

21
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What did the underground song ‘Moscow Kitchens’ mean?

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Political subversion occurred in the capital

22
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Who defected in Paris, in 1961?

A

Rudolf Nureyev

23
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When was the World Youth Festival?

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1957

24
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Where was and how many attended the World Youth Festival?

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Moscow, 34,000

25
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What did the 1961 survey reveal?

A

Majority of young people were sceptical about the October Revolution

AQA History - Tsarist and Communist Russia 1855-1964 (19 decks)

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