Terror Flashcards

1
Q

When was Kirov murdered

A

1st December 1934

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2
Q

When was shakty trial

A

1928

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3
Q

When was Ryutin expelled

A

1932

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4
Q

When was the metro vickers trial

A

1933

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5
Q

When was industrial party show trial

A

1930

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6
Q

Who was accused of the assassination

A

Nikolayev

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7
Q

How many arrests were their for Kirov’s murder and what was interesting about them

A

104 arrests

Enemies of Stalin, trotsky and zinoviev

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8
Q

Why might Stalin target Kirov

A

1934 - 17th party congress decided to make Kirov joint general secretary

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9
Q

What decree was made following kirovs murder

A

Decree against terrorists acts

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10
Q

How many suspected enemies were executed

A

3000

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11
Q

Who replaced Kirov

A

Andrei Zhandov

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12
Q

How many attended the 17th party Congress

A

1996

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13
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How many attendees of the 17th party Congress were executed

A

In the next 3 years 1108 were executed

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14
Q

What was the NKVD order 0047

A

Nkvd units to search out former Kulacks, criminals and other anti soviet elements

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15
Q

What categories were the kulacks separated into

A

Death by shooting

Gulag labour camps

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16
Q

When was order 0047 issued

A

July 1937

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17
Q

How many arrests and people sent to gulags were there by 1937

A

Aug-1937
100,000 arrests
14,000 sent to gulags

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18
Q

What percentage of officials were shot between 1937-38

A

74%

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19
Q

By 1939, what were the Bolshevik members like

A

Less than 10% of members had joined before 1920 and less than a 1/4 survived the purge

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20
Q

How many officers were shot or dismissed

A

23,000

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21
Q

What document did ryutin circulate

A

Stalin and the crisis of the proletariat dictatorship

Or the Ryutin platform

22
Q

When was routine document released and how long was it

A

March 1932

200pg

23
Q

What were some of the party branded as by 1934

A

1/5 of the party branded as Ryutins

24
Q

How long was Ryutin imprisoned for

A

10 years

25
Q

How many votes did Kirov and Stalin receive

A

Kirov-1225

Stalin-927

26
Q

What were miners at the shakty mine accused of doing

A

Counter revolutionary activity

27
Q

What were Mensheviks and SRs accused of

A

Sabotage

28
Q

When were lameness and zinoviev imprisoned

A

1935

29
Q

When was the trial of the 16

A

1936

30
Q

Who did the trial of the 16 involve

A

Zinoviev, Kamenev and 14 of their supporters

31
Q

What were they accused of in the trial of the 16

A

Kirovs murder and plotting to disrupt the 5 year plan

32
Q

Who were involved in the trial of the 17

A

Trotsky’s former supporters

33
Q

When was the trial of the 17

A

1937

34
Q

What were the 17 accused of

A

Plotting with foreign powers, terrorism and contact with trotsky

35
Q

When was the trial of the 21

A

1938

36
Q

Who is involved in the trial of the 21

A

Bukharin and his supporters

37
Q

What were the 21 accused of

A

Trying to overthrow socialism and murder Kirov

Bukharin charged with attempting to assassinate Lenin

38
Q

When was the Stalin constitution

A

1936

39
Q

What did Stalin’s constitution declare

A

Socialism had been achieved and the next step was communism

40
Q

What did Stalin’s constitution promise

A

Local autonomy to ethnic groups and support for national cultures and languages
4 yearly elections

41
Q

What was the main intention of the Stalin constitution

A

To impress foreigners

42
Q

When was the Yezhovchina

A

1936-38

43
Q

How many enemies of the party were convicted in 1934-38

A

330,000

44
Q

When was the gigantic conspiracy in the army announce

A

May 1937

45
Q

What was the result of the gigantic conspiracy

A

Tukhachevsky

46
Q

How many war commissars were removed from office

A

11

47
Q

How many were executed from the supreme military council

A

80

48
Q

How many army commanders were removed

A

14/16

49
Q

How many commissioned officers were imprisoned or shot

A

35,000

50
Q

How many anti soviet people were on the list

A

250,000

51
Q

When was the nkvd order 00447

A

1937

52
Q

How many were arrested in Russia

A

1 in every 8