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1
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When was Stalin announced to be the ‘Undisputed Leader of Russia’?

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1929

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What was assumed that would happen in terms of Government when Lenin died?

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Russia would have a Collective Leadership

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What did Lenin’s testament state?

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  • He didn’t want Collective Leadership
  • Didn’t want Stalin to rule; saw him as rough and even wanted him to be kicked out
  • Favoured Bukharin
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4
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When was the Power Struggle?

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1924-1929

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5
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When did Lenin die?

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Jan 1924

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6
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What were the 8 Factors that helped Stalin get into power?

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1) No clear Succession
2) Ability & Ambition
3) Administrative Positions
4) Lenin Enrollment
5) Assistance from his Wife
6) No Factionalism
7) The Lenin Legacy
8) The Defeat of Trotsky

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7
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What positions did Stalin hold that helped him become leader?

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General Secretary (1922)
Commissar to the Nationalities (1917)
Liaison Officer between the Politburo and the Orgburo (1919)

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8
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What could Stalin do as General Secretary?

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Allowed him to dismiss and accept people into the party

Could fly people in for votes

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9
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What were the 2 main Economic Policies Stalin enforced?

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  • 5 Year Plans (industry)

- Collectivisation (agriculture)

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10
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What were Stalin’s economic policies also known as?

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The Great Turn

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11
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What motivated the ‘Great Turn’?

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  • Threat of War
  • Self-Sufficiency
  • Socialist Society
  • Ideology
  • ‘Catch up 100 years in 10’
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Define Collectivisation

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The joining together of individual farms and the sharing of resources

  • joined by state
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What were MTS?

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Machine-Tractor Station

State supplied machinery to help peasants to modernise farming methods

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What were the 3 types of Collective Farms?

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Toz
Sovkhoz
Kolkhoz

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15
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What type of collective farm was favoured?

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the Kolkhoz

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16
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When was the Grain Procurement Crisis?

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1928-29

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17
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What happened in the Grain Procurement Crisis?

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Peasants hoarded grain

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18
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What was a consequence of the Grain Procurement Crisis?

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Dekulakisation

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19
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Who were Kulaks?

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Rich peasants in collective farms

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What happened during Dekulakisation?

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Kulaks were used as scapegoats by Stalin for the failures in agriculture
NKVD killed Counter Revolutionaries
Kulaks were expelled from farms

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How did Stalin use Dekulakisation to his advantage?

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He used the fear to force people into joining collective farms

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22
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Who were the NKVD?

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The Secret Police

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23
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How many farms were collectivised by March 1930?

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60%

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24
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What was the political impact of Collectivisation?

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5 Stalks Law

Stalin Claimed that officials were “dizzy with success”

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25
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What was the social impact of Collectivisation?

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  • Famine
  • Kulaks and NEP men prospered
  • Forced Collectivisation caused discontent (14.2 million collectivised households by March 1931)
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26
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Why was there a Famine in 1932-33?

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Collectivisation and Dekulakisation led to brutal repression and were already failing
Stalin purposely cause it as a method of control

27
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How was Russia’s agriculture production compared to other countries by 1928?

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It was the least productive country

28
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How much grain was given to the state?

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40%

  • the rest was for personal use
29
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What was the focus of the first 5YP?

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Heavy Industry

30
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When was the first 5YP?

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1929-34

31
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What were some successes of the first 5YP?

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  • Coal and Iron output increased
  • Electricity trebled
  • New Sectors of industry introduced
32
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How much did grain production increase between 1939-41?

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9%

33
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Give 3 examples of the type of sectors that were introduced in industry during the first 5YP

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Machine Tool Production

Car and Tractor Factories

Synthetics production

34
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Approximately how many kulaks were shot during Dekulakisation?

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300,000

35
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What were some failures of the first 5YP?

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Consumer industry was neglected

Smaller workshops stopped functioning

36
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What did the second 5YP focus on?

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Consumerism

37
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When was the second 5YP?

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1935-40

38
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What were some successes under the second 5YP?

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By 1937 Russia was self-sufficient in industry

Improvements to transport and communications

39
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When was the 3rd 5YP?

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1940-45

40
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What was the focus of the 3rd 5YP?

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Militerisation

41
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What were some successes of the 3rd 5YP?

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Stakhanovite Movement
Increase in heavy industry
Increase in steel output

42
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What were some of the failures of the 3rd 5YP?

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Fuel crisis - oil targets not met

Purges caused areas to be leglected

43
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Why did people lie about the targets being met during the 5YPs?

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If they were not met then they would be sent to the Gulag

44
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When were the series of the Great Purges?

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1934-39

45
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What happened to Sergei Kirov?

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Assassinated Dec 1st 1934 by Nikolayev

46
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What was the conspiracy theory around Kirov’s death?

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That Stalin was involved as there was evidence linking Nikolayev to the NKVD

47
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Who was Sergei Kirov?

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A Popular Party Member & the Party Secretary in Leningrad

48
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What caused the Purges?

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  • Murder of Kirov
  • Stalin wanted complete control and was paranoid
  • Scapegoat for the economic and political problems in the 1930s
  • To get rid of internal opposition in the party
49
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How many officers were killed in the Purging of the Military?

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50%

50
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How many War Commissars were shot during the purges?

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11

51
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When was the Trial of the Generals?

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1937 - immediately after an announcement that there was a conspiracy in the Red Army

52
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What happened in the Trials of the Generals?

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Generals were accused of spying for the Germans and the Japanese and were shot e.g. Tukhachevsky

53
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Why was there a wholescale destruction of the Red Army?

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To prevent a military reaction to the trials of the generals

54
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What were Show Trials?

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the public trials of political figured during the purges

55
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When was the Trial of 16?

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1936 - it justified the purges

56
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When was the Decree of Anti-Soviet Elements? What was it?

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1937

Created a regional quota for arrests

57
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How many political figures were executed during the Purges?

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328,000

58
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Who did Stalin target in the purges?

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old Bolsheviks who still supported Lenin

59
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Why were the people purged?

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To scapegoat the failed policies Stalin brought about

60
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What happened to the Nationalities during the Purges?

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They were forced into political submission

61
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When did the Purges begin to scale down by?

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1939

62
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How many prisoners were in the Gulags by 1938 due to the purges?

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8 million

63
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What did prisoners do in the Gulags?

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Built roads and railway

64
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How did the purges impact trade?

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Countries reluctant to trade with Russia

OCR History: Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964 (9 decks)

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