Renewed Terror Flashcards
What did Stalin ruthlessly enforce after the war?
isolation of the non-Soviet world
What were 2 reaons why Stalin ruthlessly enforced isolation of the non-Soviet world after the war?
1) national security at a time of emerging Cold War
2) Obsessive fear of ideological contamination
What is an evident sign of Stalin’s obsessive fear of ideological contamination?
his harsh treatment of returned prisoners of war and his purge of former army officers and anyone with knowledge of the world outside Russia
Within, the USSR, especially in areas newly incorporated into it (such as _____________ and ________) people needed to show unwavering loyalty, even in the small minutiae of daily life/
Baltic States
Ukraine
When was a law passed which outlawed marriages to foreigners?
Feb 1947
What was the law in feb 1947?
this outlawed marriages to foreigners
What 3 places were under surveillance, with police watching for meetings between Soviet girls and foreign men?
Hotels, restaurants and embassies
Who is an example of harsh treatment after returning to the USSR?
Leopold Trepper, Polish Communist
Who was Leopold Trepper who is an example of harsh treatment after returning to the USSR from the war?
he was a Polish Communist who risked his life as a key leader of the Red Orchestra, the left wing spy ring inside Nazi Germany. He was awarded the medal as a Hero of the Soviet Union, and immediately after deposition in the gulag, released in 1955
Who was a a Polish Communist who risked his life as a key leader of the Red Orchestra, the left wing spy ring inside Nazi Germany. He was awarded the medal as a Hero of the Soviet Union, and immediately after deposition in the gulag, released in 1955
Leopold Trepper
Who was head of the security apparatus in the post-war years?
Beria
What was the position of Beria post-war years?
he was head of the security apparatus, NKVD chief and deputy prime minister
How as the NKVD reorganised?
into two separate ministries:
MVD (internal affairs)
MGB (espionage)
What was the MVD (one function of the NKVD?
this controlled domestic security and the gulags as an internal affairs branch
How many people were arrested annually for counter revolutionary activities during the last years of Stalin?
tens of thousands
c how many war time survivors were went to labour camps?
12 million
What did the period after the war become known as?
Zhdanovchina
What was Zhdavnovchina?
this was the period after the war where Zhdanov had coordinated the great cultural purge launched by Stalin in 1946
Why was it typical of a totalitarian approach to culture to promote the ‘right’ ideology by using culture as a medium for propaganda?
as this surprised dissent and creative individualism
Why did Stalin want complete Soviet isolation and imprisonement of those who had come into contact with the West?
as he feared the spread of bourgeois and decadent western values
How did the Zhdanovchina begin?
with the purge of two literary works published in Leningrad (e.g the Adventures of a Monkey)- the authors were purged and expelled from the Union of Soviet Writers
What happened to writer Pasternak when he was condemned during the Zhdanovchina for his apolitical poems?
his girlfeidnd was sent to the gulag
Who’s girlfruend was sent to the gulag after he was condemned during the Zhdanovchina for his apolitical poems?
pasternak
What book is an example of a literary work which was purged and resulted in the author being banned from the Unionof Soviet Writers?
The Adventures of a Monkey
