Russia 5a - Media, propaganda and religion 1917-85

Question 1

When was the Decree on Press?

Answer 1

1917

Question 2

When was the Cheka created?

Answer 2

1917

Question 3

When were the Church and State separated?

Answer 3

1918

Question 4

When was the photo of Lenin after his assassination attempt published?

Answer 4

August 1918

Question 5

When was the first radio broadcast?

Answer 5

1921

Question 6

When was Glavlit?

Answer 6

1922

Question 7

When was Tsaritsyn renamed?

Answer 7

1925

Question 8

What was Tsaritsyn renamed to?

Answer 8

Stalingrad

Question 9

When was Vozhd?

Answer 9

1932

Question 10

When were religious attacks scaled back?

Answer 10

1941

Question 11

When was the height of Stalin’s cult?

Answer 11

1945

Question 12

When were consumer magazines?

Answer 12

1950s

Question 13

When was the first TV news?

Answer 13

1961

Question 14

When did most people have TVs by?

Answer 14

The 1980s

Question 15

When was the mass campaign to get women to take of their veils?

Answer 15

International Women’s Day 1927

Question 16

What were baptisms renamed to?

Answer 16

Octoberings

Question 17

What names became popular?

Answer 17

Ninel and Revolyutsiya

Question 18

What happened to 30 small communities from 1958-1991?

Answer 18

They disappeared from the map due to nuclear disasters that were supressed

Question 19

How many printing presses and newspapers were closed by 1921?

Answer 19

575 printing presses
2000 newspapers

Question 20

What were the official newspapers?

Answer 20

Pravda and Izvestia

Question 21

What is an example of an avant garde artist promoting political policies?

Answer 21

Gustav Klutsis used photomontage to promote Lenin’s electrification policies

Question 22

What was the purpose of Glavlit?

Answer 22

Censored publications

Question 23

What news was suppressed under Stalin?

Answer 23

Any bad news, including bad weather

Question 24

How did people access western publications under Brezhnev?

Answer 24

The black market

Question 25

How many radio stations were there until 1964?

Answer 25

One

Question 26

Who allowed medial pluralism?

Answer 26

Khrushchev and Brezhnev

Question 27

What was exposed by TV coverage?

Answer 27

Brezhnev's frailty

Question 28

What advances were celebrated on TV?

Answer 28

Sputnik, Gagarin and Tereshkova

Question 29

What was Stalin's image in his Cult of Personality?

Answer 29

As a disciple of Lenin and as Generalissimo (after WWII)

Question 30

Whose cults of personality were not successful?

Answer 30

Khrushchev's was hindered by his policy failures and Brezhnev's was mocked and inspired cynicism

Question 31

When did Lenin target Islam?

Answer 31

After 1921

Question 32

Which religion was targeted in the Civil War?

Answer 32

Catholicism

Question 33

When were churches closed?

Answer 33

During collectivisation

Question 34

How was morale boosted during WWII?

Answer 34

The Orthodox Church was used

Question 35

Who did Khrushchev target?

Answer 35

Women because they were the most 'observant' members of society

Question 36

How many citizens had a faith under Brezhnev?

Answer 36

20%