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Who negotiated the treaty of Brest-Litvosk?

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Trotsky

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2
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When did Lenin die?

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21 January 1924

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what was the comintern?

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(Communist International)
Organisation that tried to spread communism in other countries

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4
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What did all artists and filmmakers have to follow?

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Socialist Realism, a style of art whose aim was to praise Stalin’s rule and generally invovled heroic figures working hard in the fields or factories

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What was the organisation established to review publications for censorship purposes?

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RAPP- Russian Association of Proletarian Writers

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What is a cult of personality? (or cult of the leader)

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When a country’s techniques of mass media, propaganda, patriotism, spectacle, government-organised rallies and demonstrations create an idealised, worshipped image of a leader through unquestioning flattery and praise

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7
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When was Trotsky murdered?

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1940

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8
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What were the Show Trials also known as?

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The Moscow Trials

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9
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What were the Show Trials?

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Trials where loyal Bolsheviks confessed to being traitors

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10
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How many Bolshevik party members were arrested in the Show Trials?

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over 500,000

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11
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When was Kamenev’s show trial?

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1936

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12
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When was Zinoviev’s show trial?

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1936

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13
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When was Bukharin’s show trial?

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1938

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14
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What was the state of religion in 1939?

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ILLEGAL
1 in 40 churches held regular services
7 active bishops
Between ‘17 and ‘39 number of mosques decreased from 26,000 to 1,300

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15
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When was Kirov’s assasination (and the start of the purges?)

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1934

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16
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Why was Kirov assasinated?

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for getting more claps than stalin in a meeting

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17
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When did the Great Terror peak?

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1937

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18
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How many army officers were eliminated?

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25,000

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19
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how many people were transported to labour camps?

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18 million

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20
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how many people died in the purges?

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10 million +

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21
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What were the names of the workers who exceeded production levels?

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Stakhanovites

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22
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How much coal was Alexei Stakhanov supposed to have produced in how much time?

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102 tons in 6 hours (one shift)

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23
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What were the rewards for working harder?

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better pay, housing and free holidays

24
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What were labour books?

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records of each worker’s jobs and any unfavourable remarks. Bad reports could lead to imprisonment or loss of food

25
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What did internal passports do?

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restricted workers’ movements so they couldn’t move around the country looking for higher wages

26
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what did the first five-year plan focus on?

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coal, steel and iron
“new” industries like chemicals, rubber and machines
Spurred on by war fear

27
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What are the main achievements of the first five-year plan?

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workforce doubled
new industry in Kazakhstan, far from the west.
towns like magnitogorsk created from scratch

28
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What are the negatives of the first five year plan?

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textile production declined
housing&consumer goods neglected.
1/2 the tractors broke

29
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What time period did the first Five-year plan span?

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1928 - 32

30
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What time period did the second Five-year plan span?

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1933-37

31
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What time period did the third Five-year plan span?

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1938 - 41 (cut short due to war. i think)

32
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What were the key aims of second Five-year plan?

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more consumer goods
crackdown on religion
women encouraged to work

33
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what were the successes of the second five-year plan?

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rationing ended
weapon production trebled
spectacular growth in coal and chemical industries

34
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what were the failures of the second Five-year plan ?

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oil production “remained dissapointing”

35
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By when was Stalin undisputed party leader?

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1929

36
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How many Red Army Officers were removed?

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25,000 (one in five)

37
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What were the names of Stalin’s prison camps?

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Gulags

38
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What was the name of Stalin’s secret police?

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the NKVD

39
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When was Stalin born?

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1879

40
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What was Stalin’s original name?

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Iosif Dzhugashvalli

41
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What were the names of the large joint farms that peasant joined up to make?

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kolkhoz

42
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What were the names of the stations that provided tractors?

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MTS- motor tractor stations

43
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What precentage of kolkhoz produce would be sold, and what percentage used to feed the kolkhoz?

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90 to sell, 10 to feed

44
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What was the name of the state planning organisation that set targets for each region?

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GOSPLAN

45
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What were the aims of the third five year plan?

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Focused on household+luxury items (bikes, radios, etc)
war approached: now heavy industry + armaments became the focus

46
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What policy did Stalin order during the Second World War?

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Scorched earth

47
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What did the Soviets call World War 2?

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The Great Patriotic War

48
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How many Russian Jews did the Einsatzgruppen shoot in WW2?

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2.5 million

49
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Why did the third five-year plan experience problems

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-disrupted by war
-many senior officials purged

50
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Why was the Stakhanovite campaign dropped?

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some Stakhanovites beaten by fellow workers

51
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What medals were the Stakhanovites awarded?

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“order of lenin” “hero of the soviet union”

52
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What were the failures of the first five year plan? (4)

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too ambitious
lies abt production
housing,textiles, consumer goods ignored

53
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how many tractors were produced in the first five year plan?

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50,000

54
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how many tractors was the first five year plan meant to produce?

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170,000

55
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Why did the ussr nearly lose the war in 1941?

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stalin wouldn’t give the order to fight back

56
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What is a command-economy?

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economic system controlled by the gov
opposite of a free market economy where prices+production are controlled by the market

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