Stalin’s Russia Quotes

Question 1

“Men, women, and ________, _____ and other workers are ____ to ___ in order that the ____-____ ____ shall at least _______ on _____.” - _______ _______ report (__ June 19__) (Perspective)

Answer 1

“Men, women, and children, horses and other workers are left to die in order that the Five-Year Plan shall at least succeed on paper.” - British Embassy report (21st June 1932)

Question 2

“To ______ the tempo [of the ____-_____ ____s] would mean _______ ______. And those who fall behind get ______.” - Joseph ______ (Perspective)

Answer 2

“To slacken the tempo [of the Five-Year Plans] would mean falling behind. And those who fall behind get beaten.” - Joseph Stalin

Question 3

“…and I am unsure if [______] will always be _______ of using that _____ with sufficient ______…” - Vladimir _____ (Perspecitve)

Answer 3

“…and I am unsure if [Stalin] will always be capable of using that power with sufficient caution…” - Vladimir Lenin

Question 4

“_____ is too ____ …That is why I suggest he be _______ from his ____.” - Vladimir _____ (Perspective)

Answer 4

“Stalin is too rude …That is why I suggest he be removed from his post.” - Vladimir Lenin

Question 5

“The ____ under ______’s rule had been _______ decisively in the direction of becoming an _________, _____ society.” - Robert ______ (Interpretation)

Answer 5

“The USSR under Stalin’s rule had been pointed decisively in the direction of becoming an industrial, urban society.” - Robert Service

Question 6

“He had found ______ working with wooden _______ and leaving it equipped with ______ piles.” - Isaac ________ (Perspective)

Answer 6

“He had found Russia working with wooden ploughs and leaving it equipped with atomic piles.” - Isaac Deutscher

Question 7

“_____ is a _______ ____, an unscrupulous _________, who sacrifices everything else to the ____________ of _____” - Nikolai ________ (Perspecitve)

Answer 7

“Stalin is a Genghis Khan, an unscrupulous intriguer, who sacrifices everything else to the preservation of power” - Nikolai Bukharin

Question 8

“That is why I suggest the ________ think about a way of removing _____ from that post and appointing another man in his stead who in all other ________ differs from Comrade ______” - Vladimir _____ (Perspective)

Answer 8

“That is why I suggest the comrades think about a way of removing Stalin from that post and appointing another man in his stead who in all other respects differs from Comrade Stalin” - Vladimir Lenin

Question 9

“…the one ___________ drive…is the strengthening of his own _______…led him to absolute _____.” - Robert ________ (Interpretation)

Answer 9

“…the one fundamental drive…is the strengthening of his own position…led him to absolute power.” - Robert Conquest

Question 10

“if he could prove that ________ and _______ and other leaders of the __________ had shed the blood of _____, “the beloved son of the party”, a member of the _________, he then would be justified in demanding _____ for _____.” - Alexander _____

Answer 10

“if he could prove that Zinoviev and Kamenev and other leaders of the opposition had shed the blood of Kirov, “the beloved son of the party”, a member of the Politburo, he then would be justified in demanding blood for blood.” - Alexander Orlov

Question 11

“Himself an ex-prisoner, ______ knew well that jails and places of exile were the ‘___________’ of the _______________. “ - Issac ________ (Perspective)

Answer 11

“Himself an ex-prisoner, Stalin knew well that jails and places of exile were the ‘universities’ of the revolutionaries.” - Issac Deutscher

Question 12

“It is futile to think the _____ was staged and the _______ trumped up. The __________’s case against the defendants (________ and _______) is genuine.” - The ________ (23rd ______, 19__)

Answer 12

“It is futile to think the trial was staged and the charges trumped up. The government’s case against the defendants (Zinoviev and Kamenev) is genuine.” - The Observer (Newspaper) (23rd August, 1936)

Question 13

“The _____ ______ would not have taken place but for ______’s personality and ideas.” - Robert ________ (Interpretation)

Answer 13

“The Great Terror would not have taken place but for Stalin’s personality and ideas.” - Robert Conquest

Question 14

“Even in death [______] commanded almost unassailable ________, and it still hadn’t occurred to me that he had been _______ of abusing his _____.” - Nikita __________(Perspective)

Answer 14

“Even in death [Stalin] commanded almost unassailable authority, and it still hadn’t occurred to me that he had been capable of abusing his power.” - Nikita Khrushchev

Question 15

“But developments after his _____ forced me to question whether my ________ faith in ______ had been justified” - John _____ (Perspective)

Answer 15

“But developments after his death forced me to question whether my absolute faith in Stalin had been justified” - John Gates