The Purges and The Terror Flashcards
1
Q
Name the communist leader in Leningrad who was murdered in 1934
A
.Sergei Kirov
2
Q
What was the name of the prison camps under Stalin?
A
.Gulags
3
Q
What nickname was given to the secret police under Stalin?
A
.Black Ravens
4
Q
Who wrote the book the Gulag Archipelago?
A
.Alexander Solzhenitsyn
5
Q
In which year did the show trials begin?
A
.1936
6
Q
True or False- Old Bolsheviks like Kamenev and Zinoviev were put on trial?
A
.True
7
Q
Which great General and hero of the Civil War was purged in the 1930’s?
A
.Marshall Tukachevsky
