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Stalin Flashcards

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When was Russia’s civil war

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1918

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When was the Russian revolution

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1917

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Who was the civil war between

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Reds and white

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What was war communism aims?

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  • all factories +10 workers nationalised
  • all workers under control of gov. Military discipline
  • private trading banned
  • unemployed. Private work schemes
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When was the NEP introduced

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March 1921

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Why was the NEP introduced

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The Kronstadt naval base was going to revolt. 100,000 sailors

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What happens to the Kronstadt naval base in 1921

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Trotsky ordered 60,000 men to bomb it

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What was the NEP

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  • peasants who increase work production pay less tax
  • factories -20 workers given back
  • peasants cannot sell food for surplus profit
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What was the politburo

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Voting Bolsheviks (only 7)

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What two groups did the politburo split into

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Rightist and left opposition

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What did the rightists want

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To carry on NEP

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What did the left opp want

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Industrialise

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12
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What side were Stalin and Trotsky on

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Left opp

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13
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When did Trotsky join the Bolsheviks

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1917

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14
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How does Stalin gain importance

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Lots of little jobs. Becomes general secretary

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15
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What did lenins testament say

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1922: Stalin had too much power but Trotsky was arrogant
1923: Stalin was rude

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16
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When does Lenin die and how

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1924 aged 53 of brain haemorrhage

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When was Trotsky kicked out of the party

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1927

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18
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What did Stalin want

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Communism in Russia

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19
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What did Trotsky want

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World communism

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20
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What happened at lenins funeral

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Stalins ranges and doesn’t tell Trotsky

21
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What were show trials

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A decree that gave the NKVD the power to organise a trail with no witnesses

22
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Who were targeted in show trails

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Kulaks.

23
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Show trails. Who was killed in 1936

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Kamenev, Zinoviev and 14 other leading Bolsheviks for plotting with Trotsky

24
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Who was killed in 1937

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17 leading Bolsheviks for spying for Japan and Germany

25
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When did Stalin purge the armed forces

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1937

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How many were killed in the purging of armed forces

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Marshal tulachovsky an 7 generals
75/80 men from Supreme Court
35,00 from all ranks of army
6 admirals

27
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When was the nazi soviet pact

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1939

28
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When did Stalin start collectivisation

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1928

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When did collectivisation start to work

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1933

30
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What was collectivisation

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When Stalin took 25 million kulak farm and turned it into 240,000 collectives

31
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What was the result of collectivisation

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Russians slaughtered all cattle, bad winter and exported grain == famine

6 million died

32
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Was collectivisation good

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Yes- Stalin got rid of kulaks

No- kulaks, died and lost land

33
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When were stalins 5 year plans

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1928-38

34
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What was 1st and 2nd parts or the give year plans?

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Heavy industry

35
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How much did coal rise

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36-130

36
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How much did iron rise by

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3-15

37
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How much did oil rise by

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2-29

38
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How much did electricity rise by

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5-36

39
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What was the 3rd part of stalins five year plan

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People- women encouraged to work, education introduced

40
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Was the five year plan good?

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Long term- no social increase

Short term- increase of resources

41
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What’s a stakhanovites

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Top workers

42
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What were pioneers

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Young hard core Bolsheviks

43
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What were wreckers

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People who didn’t work. Killed

44
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What did all writers have to be part of

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Union of soviet writers

45
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How did Stalin use propaganda

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Kept an eye of painters, composers, writers, plays, poems, journalism

Writers had to be part of Union of soviet writers

46
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What happened to family life in the 1920s in Russia

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Wedding rings banned
Abortions available
Divorce allowed by only one partner wanting it

47
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What happened in 1936 in Russia

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Divorce more difficult
Abortions illegal
Tax exemptions given large families

48
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What was Russian new paper called

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Pravda

49
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What image did Stalin present himself in

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Friendly leader

50
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How did Stalin use education

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School uniforms restored - compulsory pigtail for girls

History lessons taught very regularly

51
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What rule was set in school and in what year

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1935

Teachers allowed to use strict discipline

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