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Russia Y10 Flashcards

1
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What Year was Nicholas II coronated?

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1894

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what was a Kulak?

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prosperous peasants

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What was the Mir?

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The Mir was the peasant council; controlling everyday life for the normal peasant. It was usually made up of elders

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What was the Tsar’s secret police called?

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The Okhrana

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What started the 1905 revolution?

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The march on the winter palace led by Father Gapon

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How many people died on Bloody Sunday?

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100 to 1000 depending on sources

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How many marchers were there on Bloody Sunday?

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Around 200,000

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What mutiny happened in 1905?

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The Potemkin Mutiny

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What was written to satisfy the people in 1905?

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The October Manifesto

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What did the October Manifesto say?

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Concessions to the government, Free Speech, Political parties are now legal

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What are the fundamental laws?

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Laws imposed in 1906 to consolidate the Tsar’s power

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What was the Duma?

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A pseudo-government brought about after the October Manifesto

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13
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Who was Stolypin?

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The first Prime Minister of Russia

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What was Stolypin’s stick, necktie and carrot?

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The stick was to come down on strikers, the necktie was the nickname for the noose and the carrot was to win peasants over with land

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What year did Stolypin get assassinated?

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1911

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Why was Nicholas II happy about the war?

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It could boost National Spirit after defeat in 1904-5 against the Japanese

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What happened in 1913?

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The tercentenary of Romanov rule

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What happened in 1915?

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The Tsar took over control of the army

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Why was the Tsar taking control of the army bad in 1915?

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All military defeats could be blamed on him

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20
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How many Russians died in WW1?

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9.15 million

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What were the three things Russian society was based on?

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Theology, Autocracy, Nationality

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22
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How were living conditions in the cities?

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Awful. 12 hour work days, cities rife with disease and low pay

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Why were living conditions so bad

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Peasants rushed to the cities to get new jobs, meaning overcrowding.

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What percentage of Russia lived in villages in the early 1900’s?

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80%

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What was special about the Russian industrial revolution?

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It was very late and very forced in order to keep up with western countries. It was part of the reason why living conditions were so poor.

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Why was Stolypin assassinated?

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Because people thought he wasn’t doing enough. The Tsar thought he was doing much and the following year, Russia entered into an economic downturn

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27
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What year did the Social Democratic party split into the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks?

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1903

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What were the 9 problems effecting Russia?

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Communication, Peasants, Workers, Resources, Bank, Farming, Democracy, Defeat in the Russo-Japanese war, Bloody Sunday

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29
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How many Dumas were shut down between 1905 and 1914

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3 - each was more rigged and Tsarist than the last

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Why was the Russo-Japanese war so bad for the Tsar?

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He used it to boost nationalism yet he lost after a year, making opinions of him even more low.

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Who opposed the Tsar in the late 19th and early 20th century?

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Liberals/Cadets, Socialist Revolutionaries, Bolsheviks, Mensheviks

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Why was the war so bad for the countryside?

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The countryside provided the food, so there was a shortage of food for the peasants as it was all going to the front. Also, aristocrats had no one working their land, so they were unhappy with the Tsar too.

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33
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Who was Rasputin?

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A peasant healer who was brought into the Tsar’s home, to heal the Tsarevich Alexis who had Hemophilia

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34
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Why was Rasputin a problem?

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He was scandalous, and there were rumours of an affair between him and the Tsarina. The public didn’t know the Tsarevich was anaemic so this lowered the Tsar’s public opinion

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35
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How was Rasputin killed?

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He was poisoned, shot and drowned

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36
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What happened in the February/ March revolution?

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The Tsar abdicated

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37
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What started the Feb revolution?

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March on women’s day then a Riot and Strikes the next.

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38
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How many Steelworkers went on strike in Feb 1917?

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20,000

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39
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What percentage of St Petersburg was on strike by March?

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50%

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40
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What happened on the 10th and 11th of march?

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The Duma sets up a provisional government that is shut down the next day on order of the Tsar.

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41
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What date did the Tsar Abdicate?

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15th of March

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42
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What was the provisional government?

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A government set up to rule the country after the Tsar abdicated

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43
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When were elections going to happen

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November 1917

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44
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What did the P.G do to the 3 main problems?

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War- They continued it due to pressure from the allies, Land- Decided to wait until elections but there was a rush to grab land in the countryside, Food - Couldn’t find a solution to feed the people

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45
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When did Lenin return to Russia from Switzerland

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March 1917

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46
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What were the slogans for Lenin’s April thesis?

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‘All power to the Soviets’, ‘Peace, Land and Bread’

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47
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What happened in July 1917?

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Russian attacks in the war are defeated and 500,000 workers strike against the government and war -Bolsheviks lead

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48
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What coup failed in September?

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The Kornilov coup

49
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Why did the Bolsheviks get weapons?

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To counter the Kornilov coup

50
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what happened on the 7 November?

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Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace

51
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who was the first P.M. of the provisional government and why did they resign?

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Prince Lvov who resigned after strikes in July 1917

52
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What month was it when the Bolsheviks start getting majorities in the Soviets?

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September

53
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who was Trotsky?

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The right-hand man of Vladimir Lenin

54
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who was Lenin?

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The Leader of the Bolshevik party - the one that wash pushing for another Revolution

55
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who was Lenin?

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The Leader of the Bolshevik party - the one that wash pushing for another Revolution

56
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What did Trotsky do?

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He carried out Lenin’s ideas and led the Red Guards

57
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Was the October/November revolution violent?

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No - only 2 killed

58
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How did the new council of People’s commissars stop the war?

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The Brest-Litovsk treaty - a very harsh treaty

59
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How much population was lost in the treaty of Brest-Litovsk?

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lost 34% pop, 32% of agricultural land, 54% of industry, 26% of railways, 89% coal mines

60
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What was the cheka?

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The Cheka was Lenin’s secret police.

61
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what did the Red Guards turn into?

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The Red Army

62
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how Red Army members were there in 1918 vs 1920

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600,000 to 5.5 million

63
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what were most of the members of the Red Army?

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peasants who wanted to protect the new government

64
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who were the whites?

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opponents of the Reds (Tsarist supporters, Socialist Revolutionaries)

65
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why did civil war break out in 1918?

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Anger at being rejected from the constituent assembly, Anger at Brest-Litovsk, Bolsheviks set up the comintern

66
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How many Russians died in the Civil War?

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13.5m Russians died in the civil war

67
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When did the Reds win the war

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1921

68
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why were the whites weak?

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They had divided aims, and a lack of effective leadership.

69
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Why did the Reds have an advantage?

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the Reds had a geographical advantage of the heartland with factories and farmland

70
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What did Trotsky do?

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He installed order in the Red Army, with rules such as any deserting soldier would be shot.

71
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What was War Communism?

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Way Lenin ruled in the civil war. Factories were under gvmnt control, cheka took surplus food

72
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why was the Kronstadt uprising so significant

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The were some of the largest supporters of the Bolsheviks and made Lenin realise he had to change

73
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what was the NEP

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New way Lenin Ruled - trade was allowed an there was an incentive to produce food

74
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when did Lenin die?

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1924

75
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Who was favourite to become the new leader of the Bolsheviks

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Trotsky

76
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Who were the competitors in the race for power?

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The members of the politburo -Bukharin, Rykov, Tomsky, Zinoviev, Kamemev, Trotsky and Stalin

77
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How did Stalin beat Trotsky?

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Trotsky didn’t make secret alliances, he didn’t take Stalin seriously, Trotsky fell ill in 1923, Trotsky also wanted a world revolution, which was unpopular

78
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what methods did Stalin use to consolidate his control

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Propaganda, show trials, education, purges, control of the communist party, constitution, loyal followers and the cult of personality

79
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What was Stalin’s secret police named?

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The NKVD

80
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what were Gulags?

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Labourers built the infrastructure of Russia - labour camps

81
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What were the purges?

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Stalin was paranoid that he was going to be overthrown so killed or arrested anyone who he saw as a threat

82
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What things did Stalin use in propoganda?

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He excluded other leaders from images, promoted economic successes, and reinvented the history of the Bolshevik party.

83
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What was the Cult of Personality?

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Stalin wasn’t seen as evil, most ordinary people saw him as a paternalistic figure and a friend of the workers, while being oblivious to the atrocities committed by his government

84
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what were the show trials?

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Trials that persecuted loyal Bolsheviks as being evil - usually the people that stood against him leading to his leadership

85
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What were people in the gulags used for?

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They were used to help modernise the country by building infrastructure for free

86
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What did Stalin do to his army?

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Due to many good officers and generals being purged, The army was left weaker and without proper leadership

87
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How long did Stalin take to modernise the USSR?

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10 years

88
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when was the first 5 year plan announced?

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1928

89
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What was Collectivisation?

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Announced in 1929, the idea was to increase food production by creating farms to allow use of modern technology.

90
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Was Collectivisation successful?

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No. Kulaks refused to give up land. The countryside ended in chaos and it took 13 years to implement

91
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What did the first 5 year plan focus on?

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major industries such as mining.

92
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How were targets set out for the 5-year-plans?

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GOSPLAN set out overall targets -> each region was told targets -> region set targets for each mine/factory -> leader set targets for each foreman -> set targets for each shift and worker

93
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When did the first 5 year plan span?

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1928-32

94
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Was the first 5 year plan successful?

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Most targets were not reached but the achievements were never seen before. Cities were built (such as Magnito-Gorsk) to achieve this.

95
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How were the working conditions for people working to achieve the first five year plans?

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Terrible - negative 35 degrees was a common temperature and deaths were common. Most people only came because they needed work. Only a few came with enthusiasm.

96
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What did the second 5 year plan focus on?

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To build on the successes of the first - mining and refining. Metal was used for collectivisation

97
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what was dekulakisation?

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Kulaks were declared as enemies of the state. Regions were given numbers of kulaks to find, which they found whether they existed or not

98
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What happened between 1932-3?

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A famine caused by collectivisation and fighting between peasants and the state.

99
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What happened if a worker made a mistake?

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They were considered saboteurs

100
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When was the third 5-year-plan?

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1938-41 (interrupted by ww2)

101
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How much did Stalin modernise?

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He modernised enough to stave off Hitler in WW2

102
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What percentage of pigs, cattle and sheep were killed during modernisation?

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25-30%

103
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what was WW2 seen as in Russia?

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The Great Patriotic War

104
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How many Russians died in WW2?

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Up to 29million, only 8.7 million were serving

105
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Who were removed from the west side of the country because people were fearful of them joining the Germans?

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Tatars

106
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What was the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact?

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A non-aggression pact between the Nazis and the Soviet Union signed in 1939

107
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How much of the Russian Airforce was destroyed in 1 day?

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1/4 of the Russian airforce

108
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What was Stalin’s response to the Nazi’s invading?

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He was furious - went into a mental breakdown - his government was too scared to do anything so did nothing

109
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How many Russians died in the siege of Leningrad?

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1 million citizens although a Soviet victory

110
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How many Russians died in the siege of Leningrad?

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1 million citizens although a Soviet victory

111
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What did the employment of women go to in WW2?

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3 million to 13 million

112
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Why was the Soviet Union so underprepared for WW2?

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Stalin had just purged 3 of every 5 marshals and 13 of every 15 commanders

113
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How many years did it take for economic output to return to pre-war levels?

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almost a decade

114
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How many towns and cities were destroyed in WW2?

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almost 2000

115
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What was 1944 known as?

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The year of 10 victories

116
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In which year did all of the Soviet land get retaken?

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1944

117
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When was the Zhenotdel (female section of the Bolsheviks) abolished?

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1930

118
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What percentage of the Bolsheviks were women in 1928?

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12.8%

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