Political Authority 1941-64 1 Flashcards
How many speeches did Stalin make during the war
9 public speeches
What happened when the Nazis got to the outskirts of Moscow
Government evacuated
Stalin remained in Moscow
By the end of 1941 how many people had been killed or captured in the Red Army
6 million
When did Stalin learn from his military failures
Middle 1942
Started to listen more to generals
What did Stalin establish in July 1941
The council for State Defence (GKO)
Who remained head of the NKVD
Beria
What was order 227
NKVD officers would shoot anyone who tried to desert or retreated
In the Battle of Stalingrad how many soviet troops were shot by their own side
13,000
What was order 270
Anyone who surrendered to the enemy was considered a traitor and faced the death penalty
Where did the NKVD kill people accused of welcoming the Germans
Ukraine
What did propoganda focus on in the war
Presented Stalin as a Great War time leader
Boost patriotism
By the end of the war how did people view Stalin
Saw him as some sort of superhero
After the war what happened with Stalin’s mental state
Became more paranoid
By 1945 how much of the party were armed forces personnel
Around 50%
How many troops did the Cossacks provide for the Nazis
250,000 troops
What group was formed in Ukraine? What did they do
Russian Liberation Movement
50,000 men fighting alongside the Germans
What happened to collaborators
Uncertified and arrested after the war
Cossacks basically wiped out
How much of Russia’s productive capacity was moved east of the Ural mountains
8-10%
How many factories were created in the war
3,500
In the war what were factories converted towards
War production
In 1943 how well were Russian factories doing
Good
More war material than German factories
What happened to the hours to produce the T-34 tank
More than halved
What was the focus of Russian production
Quantity over quality
By the end of the war what percentage of collective farm workers were women
80%
What was Khrushchev’s quote about spam
Without spam we would not be able to feed our army
In 1943 and 1944 what percentage of Soviet GDP was lend lease
10%
How many towns were lost in the war
1,700
How many villages were lost in the war
70,000
How many factories were lost in the war
31,000
How much agricultural output was lost in the war
40%
How many Volga Germans were deported to eastern Siberia
600,000
How many women served in the armed forces
1 million
How many Germans did female snipers kill
13,000
What percentage of the doctors and nurses were women
40%
What had to the proportion of women working in industry before the war and after 1942
41% before the war
53% after 1942
What percentage of the workforce in light industry were women
90%
On collective farms what happened to the proportion of female workers
Increased to over 80%
What were daily rations reduced to
125 grams of bread
How many people did the USSR lose in the war
27 million
What was the war referred to as
The Great Patriotic War
