Stalin Flashcards
Give one specific example of Stalin purging industrial managers before the Great Patriotic War
In 1928 he had engineers at Shakhty shot or sent to labour camps for treason and sabotage
Give one specific example of how Stalin used non-violent methods against his enemies in the party
He’d place them in competing positions, like how Zhdanov and Beria were both given supervision of the secret police
Give one specific example of a limit in Stalin’s power 1929-34
He faced in-house opposition such as from Kirov over the Ryutin Affair in 1932
Give one specific example of Stalin using violent terror against his political rivals during the Great Terror
In 1938 he had Bukharin shot for treason
Give one specific example of Stalin purging the Secret Police during the Great Terror
In 1939 he had Yezhov shot for allegedly being a British spy
Give one specific example of Stalin purging the Red Army during the Great Terror
In 1937 he had 35,000 junior officers shot or sent to labour camps for treason
Give one specific example of Stalin violently purging ordinary Party members during the Great Terror
About a third of the 3 million strong party membership was killed during the Great Terror
Give one example of how Stalin limited the power of the Politburo
He gave himself the position of vozhd which had no obvious limit to its authority
Give one specific example of Stalin using state institutions during the Great Patriotic War
He set up the GKO to oversee economic coordination and military/defence production
Give one example of Stalin returning to terror after the Patriotic War
The Leningrad Affair in 1949
