russia - stalin's ussr Flashcards

1
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when was trotsky made in charge of the red army

A

1924

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2
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when did stalin become a leading member of the party

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1903

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3
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when was trotsky removed from the party

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nov 1927

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4
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when was trotsky sacked from commissar for war

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1925

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5
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when was trotsky expelled from ussr

A

1929

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6
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when was kamenev removed from the party

A

oct 1927

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7
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when was zinoview removed from the party

A

nov 1929

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8
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when was bukharin expelled from the party

A

1929

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9
Q

what appeared to provide basic freedom and human rights

A

constitution of 1936

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10
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when was kirov leader of the leningrad party murdered

A

1934

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11
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when were kamenev and zinoview’s show trials

A

1936

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12
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when was bukharin’s show trial

A

1938

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13
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how many party members were executed or arrested or sent to labour camps during the purges and the terror

A

500k

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14
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by 1939, how many people were in labour camps

A

3 million

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15
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when was the great terror

A

1936-1938

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16
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how many officers were removed during the great terror and purges

A

25k

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17
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how many libraries were built across the country due to propaganda and censorship

A

70k

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18
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when was ‘how the steel was tempered’ written

A

1934

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19
Q

state a piece of music made due to propaganda and censorship and by who

A

lady macbeth of mtsesk by dimitri shostakovich

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20
Q

state a piece of artwork made due to propaganda and censorship

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constructing lake komsomol

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21
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all writers had to belong to the union of soviet of writers due to propaganda and censorship by when

A

1932

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22
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when was the mosco metro made - due to propaganda and censorship

A

1935

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23
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due to propaganda and censorship how many churches held regular service by 1939

A

1/40

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24
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how many bishops were active in ussr due to propaganda and censorship

A

7

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25
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how many mosques were there in 1917 and how many in 1939 due to propaganda and censorship

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26k in 1917, 1.3k in 1939

26
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due to propaganda and censorship how did stalin achieve being part of people’s everyday lives

A

every town had a stalin square or avenue and a large statue of him. regular processions praising him and his achievements

27
Q

by 1928, how many people were industrial workers

A

1/5

28
Q

by 1928, the country was short in how many tonnes of grain

A

2 million

29
Q

when did stalin set out his ideas for collectivisation

A

1929

30
Q

when was collectivisation

A

1928-1940

31
Q

by 1937, how many peasant households were collectivised

A

93%

32
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by 1939, how many peasants lived in town

A

19 million

33
Q

when was the holodomor famine

A

1932 - 1933

34
Q

by when was almost all agricultural land collectivised

A

1941

35
Q

how many deaths in the holomodor famine

A

7 million

36
Q

how many people died overall due to stalin’s collectivisation and policy to modernise ussr

A

10 million

37
Q

when were there no more kulaks

A

1934

38
Q

the amount of cattle in ussr halved between when

A

1928 - 1933

39
Q

how many MTS available

A

1 for 40 farms

40
Q

when was GOSPLAN set up

A

1921

41
Q

when was russia the 5th industrial nation

A

1928

42
Q

when was russia joint with usa regarding industrial output

A

1980

43
Q

when was the 1st fyp

A

1928 - 1932

44
Q

when was the 2nd fyp

A

1933 - 1937

45
Q

when was the 3rd fyp

A

1938 - 1942

46
Q

when was stalin’s main goal of collectivisation achieved

A

1941

47
Q

who paid the cost of the fyp

A

industrial workers

48
Q

who was seen as a role model in collectivisation and modernisation and why

A

1935, alexei stakhanov mined x14 the average cut in one shift

49
Q

how many workers died constructing belamor canal

A

100k

50
Q

how many women made up the industrial workers by 1937 and how does this compare to the amound in 1927

A

1927 - 28%, 1937 - 40%

51
Q

how many rooms did families have during the modernisation and collectivisation

A

2

52
Q

why didn’t hitler attack ussr in 139

A

pact signed aug 1939

53
Q

when did germany invade russia and how many troops

A

2 million 22 june 1941

54
Q

where did the scorched earth policy result in facotires and raw materials being moved

A

ural mountains

55
Q

by when did industrial output levels recover to those of 1940

A

1944

56
Q

how many soldiers did zukhov have under his command and how many tanks

A

3k tanks 1.3 million soldiers

57
Q

how many soviet citizens were killed in wwii

A

20 million

58
Q

how many towns and cities were destroyed in wwii

A

2k

59
Q

how many villages were destroyed in wwii

A

70k

60
Q

how many collective farms were destroyed in wwii

A

100k

61
Q

how many houses were destroyed in wwii

A

6 million