STALIN'S RUSSIA SIGNIFICANT EVENTS Flashcards
ANSWER DATES + RELEVANT INFO
October Revolution
Led by The ________-
(25th Oct, 1917)
Led by The Bolsheviks
Communist take over imperialists
New Economic Policy (NEP)
Put into action by ___________
(21st Mar, 1921)
Put into action by Vladimir Lenin
Russian Civil War
The __ Army vs. The ___ Army
(1918-1922)
The Red Army vs. The White Army
Red = Bolsheviks
White= Monarchists and Capitalists
causing the withdrawal of WW1
USSR Established
(30th Dec, 1922)
Death of Lenin
Caused a ____ _____
(21st Jan, 1924)
Caused a Politcal Vacuum
The First Five-Year Plan
Created for ____ _________
(1928-1932)
Created for Rapid Industrialisation
Elimination of Kulaks
~_00,000 deaths-
(1930-1931)
~500,000 deaths
Assassination of Sergei Kirov
Popularity posed possible threat to Stalin
Pretext to ______ _______
(1st Dec, 1934)
Popularity posed possible threat to Stalin
Pretext to Political Purge
The Politcal Purge
Largely conducted by ____
____,000 executed
Many accusations tied back to _____-*
(1937-1938)
Largely conducted by NKVD
700,000 executed
Many accusations tied back to Trotsky
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