Stalinism in Wartime

Question 1

Who was left to inform the Russian people of the outbreak of ww2, possibly because Stalin emotionally couldnt

Answer 1

Molotov

Question 2

What was established as Supreme military command in 1941

Answer 2

Stavka

Question 3

What does Stalin eventually do 1 month after the war begins

Answer 3

Assume overall control of the army

Question 4

What did Stalin demand still happened, despite the Germans being extremely close

Answer 4

The red square parade on the anniversary of the revolution still be held

Question 5

Which figure was released from the gulags and eventually became deputy commander in chief of the red army

Answer 5

Georgy Zhukov

Question 6

What was the name for russian collaborators with the germans

Answer 6

Hilfswillige

Question 7

Which general defected to the german side and lead a russian Waffen US unit of deserters

Answer 7

Andrey Vlasov, with a peak of 50,000 russians under him

Question 8

How many ussr defectors joined Germanys side

Answer 8

Around a million

Question 9

WHat was order 227

Answer 9

No step back-150,000 executed under this order for retreating

Question 10

What was order 270

Answer 10

No surrender

Question 11

WHat actions did Stalin take to secure the security of the USSR, in regards to the different republics

Answer 11

Volga autonomous republic dissolved
Deportation of suspect ethnic groups-1.5 million deported

Question 12

What policy was undertaken to make sure the land was unhabitable for the german invaders

Answer 12

Scorched earth-including destroying factories and burning crops. around 1500 factories were reassembled beyond the urals

Question 13

How many joined the communist party as members during the war

Answer 13

5 million

Question 14

Wha, somewhat suprisingly, did the nazis not do as they advanced into russia

Answer 14

Change, to any degree, the way in which agriculture or jobs were performed from their collectivist state. The nazis thought the way that the soviets were doing it was the best way for them to also treat people they regarded as subhuman

Question 15

At the end of ww2, what % of the military were in the commuist party

Answer 15

50%, compared to 15% at the start

Question 16

What proportion of all production was munitions manufacture at the end of ww2, and what idd this attest to

Answer 16

3/4. The easily controllable and centralised nature of stalinist economy

Question 17

What did the USSR have to reely on, to some extent, to survive ww2

Answer 17

Foreign aid-lend lease-majority of Russian mechanized equipment was american

Question 18

What was the average working week in the ussr during ww2

Answer 18

70-77 hours, with it being normal for factory workers to sleep in the factory

Question 19

WHat were total Russian casualties in ww2

Answer 19

27 million, 8.7 million were military

Question 20

When was the national anthem replaced to something more patriotic

Answer 20

1943

Question 21

By 1945, what % of the workforce were female

Answer 21

Over half

Question 22

What happened to POWs returned from Germany

Answer 22

Straight to Gulags as being captured alive was a crime and STalin was paraanoid of them being tainted by Western values

Question 23

What was their a brief hope of at the end of ww2

Answer 23

That closer cooperation with the west would be possible, as their assisstance during ww2 was crucial and many western goods and influences found their way into russia

Question 24

How did Stalin emerge from ww2

Answer 24

As all but a god. The victory was a personal triumph for both him and his personal system of direct, coercive, authoritarian rule, and he was adored for this. Questioning him was unthinkable.