Leninist/Stalinist Society Flashcards
Who were the Burzhui
Bloodsuckers-anyone who didnt comply with the communsit ethos e.g. remnants of the tsarist regime, clerics etc
What happened to the former houses of the bourgoursie and nobility
Requisitioned and turned into Kommunalka(communal dwelling for the proletariat)
What did not cease with the creation of the NEP in 1921
The attacks on the former elite and middle class. And neither did it when collectivisation began.
What was Proletarianisation
The aim to turn the majority of Russian society into workers, ridding russia of capitalist attitudes and eventually creating communism
What were, uncommunistly, introduced in 1931, to increase productivity
Wage differentials, bonuses, payments by piece produced
What is the most famous example of Worker propaganda from pre-war USSR
Stakhanovite movement 1935- Stakhanov was a miner who, in under 6 hours, extracted as much coal as someone was expected to in 14x as long(102 tonnes)
Promoted ‘socialist competition’ and a series of contest and promotiong of overproduction and quotas, many fabricated
Had average wages changed since 1913 in pre-war USSR
No, although they did increase somewhat during the 2nd 5 year plan
What reforms for women were established in the 1917 revolution
Only civil marriage recognized(reduce church influence)
Abortion legalised 1920
free contraceptive advice made available
How did Stalinist attitudes to women change
He realised he needed to raise the birth rate
Family became focus of a new propaganda wave
Divorce and abortion attacked
1936-Fees added for divorce, Adultery was criminalised, contraception was banned
however, only worked to some degree, by 1940 43% of the industrial workforce was female, some 13 million
What was the soviet gender pay gap during stalinist era
0.6:1
What did the Commisariat of the Enlightened do
free education at all levels in coed schools
Why were textbooks at school not used
because not enough were printed within a communist framework
What were univserities placed under the control of during the Stalin era, speaking to his view on education
Veshenka-Council of the National economy
higher education was mainly for worker education
Stakhanovite movement extended to schools
By 1941, how many of the age 9-49 were literate
94% in towns and 86% in rural areas
What was the RKSM and what was it renamed to
The young communist league-a youth organisation that taught marxist leninist principles
Renamed Komsomol in 1926, though at this point only 6% of the youth belonged to it
What did Lenin allow, despite marx’s criticisms of it
Freedom of religion, possibly out of necessity due the vast numbers of orthodox christians(70% of society)
When was the patriarch of the orthodox church arrested for opposition to the state, and why was he released
- He chose not to have a show trial and accept the changes. When he died in 1925, was given a full state funeral
What did the 1936 consititution do for religion
Banned distribution of religious ‘propaganda’
Restored priests right to vote
When were muslim pilgriamges to mecca forbidden
1935
Despite the repression of ethnic minorities, what were they afforded in
Seperate representation in the Soviet
In 1926, what were Jews granted
A special autonomous region in the east
What was most of the deportations of ethnic groups under Stalin motivated by
Political, rather than racial prejudice
What was a ‘red corner’
A corner of someones house devoted to the Communist party, specifically stalin, similar to orthodox saints
What was art like in the 30s
Conformist, Art for arts sake was banned; it had to glorify communism
What was the style of architecture lauded in the ussr
Socialist realism
