Political Authority 1941-64 1

Question 1

How many speeches did Stalin make during the war

Answer 1

9 public speeches

Question 2

What happened when the Nazis got to the outskirts of Moscow

Answer 2

Government evacuated

Stalin remained in Moscow

Question 3

By the end of 1941 how many people had been killed or captured in the Red Army

Answer 3

6 million

Question 4

When did Stalin learn from his military failures

Answer 4

Middle 1942

Started to listen more to generals

Question 5

What did Stalin establish in July 1941

Answer 5

The council for State Defence (GKO)

Question 6

Who remained head of the NKVD

Answer 6

Beria

Question 7

What was order 227

Answer 7

NKVD officers would shoot anyone who tried to desert or retreated

Question 8

In the Battle of Stalingrad how many soviet troops were shot by their own side

Answer 8

13,000

Question 9

What was order 270

Answer 9

Anyone who surrendered to the enemy was considered a traitor and faced the death penalty

Question 10

Where did the NKVD kill people accused of welcoming the Germans

Answer 10

Ukraine

Question 11

What did propoganda focus on in the war

Answer 11

Presented Stalin as a Great War time leader

Boost patriotism

Question 12

By the end of the war how did people view Stalin

Answer 12

Saw him as some sort of superhero

Question 13

After the war what happened with Stalin’s mental state

Answer 13

Became more paranoid

Question 14

By 1945 how much of the party were armed forces personnel

Answer 14

Around 50%

Question 15

How many troops did the Cossacks provide for the Nazis

Answer 15

250,000 troops

Question 16

What group was formed in Ukraine? What did they do

Answer 16

Russian Liberation Movement

50,000 men fighting alongside the Germans

Question 17

What happened to collaborators

Answer 17

Uncertified and arrested after the war

Cossacks basically wiped out

Question 18

How much of Russia’s productive capacity was moved east of the Ural mountains

Answer 18

8-10%

Question 19

How many factories were created in the war

Answer 19

3,500

Question 20

In the war what were factories converted towards

Answer 20

War production

Question 21

In 1943 how well were Russian factories doing

Answer 21

Good

More war material than German factories

Question 22

What happened to the hours to produce the T-34 tank

Answer 22

More than halved

Question 23

What was the focus of Russian production

Answer 23

Quantity over quality

Question 24

By the end of the war what percentage of collective farm workers were women

Answer 24

80%

Question 25

What was Khrushchev’s quote about spam

Answer 25

Without spam we would not be able to feed our army

Question 26

In 1943 and 1944 what percentage of Soviet GDP was lend lease

Answer 26

10%

Question 27

How many towns were lost in the war

Answer 27

1,700

Question 28

How many villages were lost in the war

Answer 28

70,000

Question 29

How many factories were lost in the war

Answer 29

31,000

Question 30

How much agricultural output was lost in the war

Answer 30

40%

Question 31

How many Volga Germans were deported to eastern Siberia

Answer 31

600,000

Question 32

How many women served in the armed forces

Answer 32

1 million

Question 33

How many Germans did female snipers kill

Answer 33

13,000

Question 34

What percentage of the doctors and nurses were women

Answer 34

40%

Question 35

What had to the proportion of women working in industry before the war and after 1942

Answer 35

41% before the war

53% after 1942

Question 36

What percentage of the workforce in light industry were women

Answer 36

90%

Question 37

On collective farms what happened to the proportion of female workers

Answer 37

Increased to over 80%

Question 38

What were daily rations reduced to

Answer 38

125 grams of bread

Question 39

How many people did the USSR lose in the war

Answer 39

27 million

Question 40

What was the war referred to as

Answer 40

The Great Patriotic War