Repression- Secret police under the Tsars + overview.

Question 1

What were the secret police used for?

Answer 1

-To investigate, arrest, imprison, execute and exile opposition.

Question 2

What were the secret police beyond?

Answer 2

-The law.

Question 3

Which secret police did Alexander II use?

Answer 3

-The third section of the imperial chancery
-The Okhrana

Question 4

What secret police did Alexander III use?

Answer 4

-The Okhrana

Question 5

What secret police did the Bolsheviks use originally?

Answer 5

-The Cheka.

Question 6

What secret police did Stalin use?

Answer 6

-The NKVD
-MGB and the MVD.

Question 7

What secret police did Khrushchev use?

Answer 7

-A reorganised version of MVD.

Question 8

What was the third section of the imperial Chancellery?

Answer 8

-Inherited by Alexander II
-Replaced by the softer Okhrana.

Question 9

When did the Okrhana last until and why was it disbanded?

Answer 9

-Until 1917
-Disbanded by the provisional government.

Question 10

What did Alexander II use the Okhrana for?

Answer 10

-arresting/imprisoning, exhiling and spying on opponents.

Question 11

When did the Okhrana have the lowest profile?

Answer 11

-1890s.

Question 12

When did the Okhrana have the highest profile?

Answer 12

-1905.

Question 13

From 1855 to 1917 how many prisioners and their families were sent to Siberia?

Answer 13

Over one million

Question 14

What horrific technique of avoiding exile did those trying to avoid exile sometimes use?

Answer 14

-Horse hair into incisions on the penis to mimic syphilis.

Question 15

What was the ‘idea’ for those exiled?

Answer 15

-self reliance, abstinence and hard work
-develop Siberia’s natural riches and bring it closer to Russia.

Question 16

Two aims of exile?

Answer 16

-to create mini colonies
-To punish.

Question 17

What was the Tsarist intention for Siberia?

Answer 17

-for it to be the ultimate Political quarantine.