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AQA A Level: Tsarist And Communist Russia, 1855-1964 > Social 1917-41 > Flashcards

Social 1917-41 Flashcards

1
Q

What groups began to be attacked in 1917

A

Aristocrats
Landowners
Priests
Businessmen
Lawyers
Doctors

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2
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What restarted the attack on bourgeois groups

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The Great Turn

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3
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What did the workers decree on Workers Control give

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Gave workers the right to control production and finance and to supervise management

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4
Q

Why did the decree on Workers Control fail

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Gave themselves pay rises and longer holidays

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5
Q

What were introduced to stop workers leaving the cities

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Internal passports

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6
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How was discipline restored in factories during the civil war

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Managers and harsh labour regulations

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7
Q

What was the nickname given to the NEP by the workers

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The new exploitation of the proletariat

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8
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What image was punished via propaganda

A

New socialist man

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9
Q

How were more working class kids able to get into university

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Quota system to ensure that a certain percentage were from working class backgrounds

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10
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Which workers were used for propaganda

A

The Stakhanovite Movement

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11
Q

What was hierarchy dependent on

A

Membership of the communist party

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12
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What did membership of the communist party get you

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Better housing and higher rations

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13
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What percentage of the population were members of the party in the 1930s

A

Just under 10%

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14
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Who did the NEP benefit more

A

Benefited the peasantry more then the workers

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15
Q

What caused peasants resentment

A

High taxation

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16
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What measures where introduced for women under Lenin

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Could own property
Sex discrimination became illegal
Divorce was made easier
Abortion legalised and made available on demand

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17
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What was the issue for women surrounding working

A

Dual burden

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18
Q

Why was easier access to divorce bad

A

70% initiated by men

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19
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In Moscow 1927 how many marriages ended in divorce

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2/3

20
Q

Stalin- On average how much less did women earn then men

A

40%

21
Q

In 1929 what percentage of higher education was reserved for women

A

20%

22
Q

By 1940 what percentage of engineering students were women

A

Over 40%

23
Q

Stalin- what percentage of their income would men seeking divorce have to provide in child support

A

60%

24
Q

Stalin- What was outlawed

A

Abortion

25
Q

What was declared illegal

A

Homosexuality

26
Q

What happened to the family image near the end of the 1930s

A

Reinforced the traditional family

Wanted birth rates to increase

27
Q

Under Lenin what was provided for free for the first time

A

Education

28
Q

When was a youth wing of the party established

A

1918

29
Q

What was the youth wing renamed in 1926

A

Komsomol

30
Q

What two organisations made up the Komsomol

A

The young pioneers and Komsomol

31
Q

Who was the Young Pioneers for

A

Children aged 10-14

32
Q

Who was the Komsomol for

A

Those aged 14-28

33
Q

By 1928 what percentage of eligible children had joined the Komsomol

A

Only 6%

34
Q

Under Lenin how many were orphaned or abandoned

A

7-9 million children

35
Q

Which child testified against his own father

A

Pavlik Morozov

36
Q

What did the Education Law of 1935 do

A

Uniforms and exams were reintroduced
Girls had to wear their hair in pigtails
Communist ideology became a compulsory subject

37
Q

By 1940 how many member were in the Komsomol

A

10.2 million

38
Q

What happened to the church in 1918

A

Russian Orthodox Church and the state were declared separate

39
Q

How was the churches power restricted

A

Church land confiscated

Marriage became a civil institution

40
Q

What happened to the church in 1921

A

Religious education was banned

41
Q

What was introduced in 1929

A

All congregations and their places of worship had to be register with the government

42
Q

What was introduced in 1932

A

Six day week prevented holy day of worship

43
Q

What was introduced in 1935

A

Pilgrimages to Mecca were banned in 1935

44
Q

By 1939 how many bishops were at liberty

A

12 out of 168

45
Q

By 1941 one in how many churches were still operating

A

One in 40

46
Q

The number of active priests was what percentage of the figure from the early 1920s

A

9%

AQA A Level: Tsarist And Communist Russia, 1855-1964 (35 decks)

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