Khrushchev Depth Study Passages Question

Question 1

What was the name of khrushchev’s secret speech and when was it

Answer 1

The cult of the individual and it’s consequences
1956

Question 2

Which 3 stalinists did khrushchev have removed from the party

Answer 2

Molotov, malenkov and kaganovitch

Question 3

What was stalingrad renames to and when

Answer 3

Volgograd
1961

Question 4

What happened to stalins body

Answer 4

Removed from Lenin’s mausoleum

Question 5

Which writer was forced to refuse a Nobel place prize and had his novel banned

Answer 5

Boris pasternak

Question 6

How many churches were left in russia after khrushchevs persecution and when

Answer 6

7500
1964

Question 7

Which independent communist government did khrushchev support leaving the Warsaw pact

Answer 7

Yugoslavia

Question 8

Where did khrushchev send tanks because navy wanted to leave the Warsaw pact and when

Answer 8

Budapest
1956

Question 9

Given example of a food shortage protest being dealt with oppressive force

Answer 9

Novercherkassk
1962
24 killed by army

Question 10

What type of industrial goods did khrushchev focus on in his 6th and 7th five year plan

Answer 10

Consumer goods

Question 11

By what date did what percent of people own a television

Answer 11

1968
50%

Question 12

What did khrushchevkas lack

Answer 12

Running water and lifts

Question 13

When did khrushchev bang his shoe in a UN debate, embarrassing the communist party

Answer 13

1960

Question 14

Who was arrested and then shot without trial and when

Answer 14

Malenkov
1953

Question 15

How many political prisoners were there and when

Answer 15

11,000
1960

Question 16

How were russian citizens allowed to express their feelings freely

Answer 16

Read foreign literature
Listen to overseas radio shows
Sporting tours to foreign countries

Question 17

Which tourist agency arranged for overseas visitors to come to the USSR

Answer 17

Intourist

Question 18

Give an example of khrushchevs religious persecution

Answer 18

Upensky monastery
Buildings confiscated
Monks sent to labour camps
Novices beaten
Nuns raped

Question 19

What was khrushchevs general foreign policy

Answer 19

Peaceful coexistence

Question 20

When did khrushchev visit USA and vice president Nixon visit the USSR

Answer 20

1959

Question 21

What is the name of the debate when Nixon visited the USSR

Answer 21

Kitchen debate

Question 22

When was the Cuban missile crisis

Answer 22

1962

Question 23

What was wrong with the soviet governmental system

Answer 23

Too bureaucratic
Took too long to implement reform

Question 24

Between what two dates did housing stock double

Answer 24

1955 - 1964

Question 25

When was the virgin lands scheme

Answer 25

1954 - 1958

Question 26

What did grain production increase by during the virgin lands scheme

Answer 26

81 million to 144 million

Question 27

Between what 2 dates were how many new flats built

Answer 27

1955- 1966 15 million

Question 28

What percent of Russians owned a car in 1955 and what percent of Russians and americans owned a car in 1966

Answer 28

1955 - 0.2% 1966 - 0.5% 40%

Question 29

What new subject was introduced into schools under khrushchev

Answer 29

Atheism

Question 30

Why did khrushchev merge most of the kolkhozes into sovkhozes

Answer 30

Sivkhozes guaranteed fixed wages