Stalin Flashcards
1
Q
What did good workers become?
A
‘Stakhanovites’ and win a medal.
2
Q
What was the steel complex called?
A
Magnitogorsk
3
Q
The Cheka became what in 1922?
A
OGPU
4
Q
The OGPU became what in 1934?
A
NKVD
5
Q
When were the First Purges?
A
1930-33
6
Q
When were the Great Purges
A
1934 - to early 1940s
7
Q
What were the “Show Trials”
A
Stalin’s political opponents pleaded guilty to impossible charges of treason.
8
Q
What were the Show Trials in 1936?
A
Zinoviev and Kamenev
9
Q
What were the Show Trials in 1938?
A
Bukharin, Tomsky & Rykov
