Knowledge quiz

Question 1

When did peace negotiations start for Russia’s involvement in WW1?

Answer 1

December 1917

Question 2

Who led the Revolutionary War Group?

Answer 2

Bukharin

Question 3

Who came up with the solution ‘neither peace nor war’?

Answer 3

Trotsky

Question 4

What peace treaty removed Russia from WW1?

Answer 4

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Question 5

What number of it’s people did Russia lose with the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?

Answer 5

62 million, which was 1/6 of the population

Question 6

What was Lenin’s key slogan: “All power to the…”?

Answer 6

Soviets

Question 7

When did Lenin make his decree on land?

Answer 7

October 1917

Question 8

What was dispersed in January 1918?

Answer 8

The Constituent Assembly

Question 9

What year did Lenin die?

Answer 9

1924

Question 10

What alliance was formed between Zinoviev, Kamenev and Stalin?

Answer 10

Triumvirate

Question 11

In December 1925 Trotsky was forced to resign from what position?

Answer 11

Commissar of war

Question 12

What key role in propaganda did Bukharin play?

Answer 12

Editor of the Pravda

Question 13

What were the years of the Russian Civil War?

Answer 13

1918-1920

Question 14

Who was murdered during the Civil War?

Answer 14

Tsar Nicholas II

Question 15

How much did the party’s membership increase during the Lenin enrolment?

Answer 15

It doubled and increased by 1 million

Question 16

What was the veshenka?

Answer 16

The council to look after the economy.

Question 17

By February 1918 how much bread were people living on?

Answer 17

50 grams

Question 18

Who were called the ‘grasping fists’?

Answer 18

Kulaks

Question 19

What was declared in January 1921 due to strikes and riots?

Answer 19

The Martial law, which meant that military leaders were used to enforce the law.

Question 20

What did the NEP stand for?

Answer 20

New Economic Policy

Question 21

How much did Stalin want to increase production by in his first Five Year Plan?

Answer 21

300%

Question 22

What years was the Second Five Year Plan?

Answer 22

1933-1937

Question 23

What stopped the Third Year Plan?

Answer 23

WW2

Question 24

Who did Stalin blame for being “dizzy with success” at collectivisation?

Answer 24

Local officials

Question 25

What disaster struck Russia between 1932-1933?

Answer 25

Famine

Question 26

Who were the burzhui?

Answer 26

The old bourgeoisie

Question 27

What was banned in 1928?

Answer 27

Wedding rings

Question 28

What happened to men who cheated on their wives from 1936?

Answer 28

They were treated as criminals and humiliated

Question 29

What was the youth group renamed in 1936?

Answer 29

Komosomol

Question 30

What was the New Mosque group?

Answer 30

Muslims who were pro-Soviet.

Question 31

By 1941 how many Christian churches had been shut down?

Answer 31

40,000

Question 32

Which Jewish language was allowed to be spoken?

Answer 32

Yiddish

Question 33

Where did the USSR invade in 1939?

Answer 33

Poland

Question 34

What city was renamed Leningrad?

Answer 34

Petrograd

Question 35

Who set up the Cheka?

Answer 35

Felix Dzerzhinsky