Secret Police Terror

Question 1

1917 Lenin

Answer 1

Established Cheka, tasked with acting against counter revolutionaries, which it undertook with great ruthlessness. Intensified actions against SRs and Mensh RedT 1921-22- 200,000 shot, preventing a significant challenge to their authority in the throes of civil war.

Question 2

Stalin

Answer 2

Secret police enlarged greatly and terror became an essential feature of Stalinist Russia. Yezhov bloody dwarf as ruthless. Head 1936. Carried out most excessive phase of purge in GreatT, using quotas for execution of prisoners. Number of detectives recruited to NKVD quadruples and extra staff employed to torture. Expanded to. Anyone who didnt show sufficient commitment.

Question 3

Evaluation of Stalin

Answer 3

This shows how Stalin used terror extensively to preserve Communism and instill fear into population to enforce conformity

Question 4

After Stalin’s death

Answer 4

Terror became less cruel but still a key feature of Soviet life. Use of special hospitals for enemies of state, branded mentally ill to suppress them. Treated with electric shocks and drugs, conditions overcrowded and unhygienic. Enforced loyalty

Question 5

Evaluation

Answer 5

Terror crucial in maintaining loyalty, suppressing resistance and enforcing comtrol