Nature of government

Question 1

What made Stalin a totalitarian figure?

Answer 1

Centralised economy

Question 2

What shows Stalin’s power?

Answer 2

Lack of Political resistance when implementing the FYP

Question 3

What increased representation in the USSR?

Answer 3

Soviet of the Union in 1936 contained representatives across the whole USSR

Question 4

When did Stalin set up the NKVD and what was its purpose?

Answer 4

1934 for carrying out terror

Question 5

What was the trigger cause for the purges?

Answer 5

Murder of Sergei Kirov

Question 6

What was Stalin’s driving force behind the purges?

Answer 6

His own superstitions

Question 7

Why did Stalin purge the party to begin with?

Answer 7

To eliminate political resistance towards the later purges

Question 8

How did Stalin purge the party?

Answer 8

114 Bolsheviks are killed and replaced with Pro-Stalin members

Question 9

What act was passed two hours after Kirov’s murder?

Answer 9

Decree Against Terrorist Acts 1934

Question 10

Who was head of the NKVD in 1934?

Answer 10

Yagoda

Question 11

What was the trial of 16 in 1936?

Answer 11

Leading Bolsheviks were publicly trialled and forced into confessing to Kirov’s murder

Question 12

Name a Bolshevik who was in the trial of 16?

Answer 12

Zinoviev

Question 13

When did Stalin purge the red army?

Answer 13

1937

Question 14

How was the Red Army purged?

Answer 14

Leading generals such as Tukhachensky were executed

Question 15

How many people were arrested during the purges?

Answer 15

1 in 18

Question 16

Which union did Stalin use to censor authors?

Answer 16

Union of Soviet Writers (USW) which published all books in the USSR

Question 17

What was Stakanovite?

Answer 17

Propaganda movement in 1935 that showed people as hard working and capable of meeting five year plan targets

Question 18

Why were leading Bolsheviks attacked in the trial of 16?

Answer 18

For remaining in touch with Trotsky