The Role of Yagoda Flashcards

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YAGODA keen to PROVE LOYALTY to Stalin + Ambitious nature =

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Concerted attempt to build up his own empire

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Under Lenin, labour camps had been places to reform class enemies. Established first 1919

What did Yagoda do to labour camps?

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Rapidly expanded the under gulag —> VAST system of forced labour to support industrialisation

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What does gulag stand for?

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Chief Administration of Corrective Labour Camps

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What did Yagoda do, using his influence with Stalin, to the role of courts in Secret Police?

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Ensured secret police could deal with their opponents without court interference

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Under Yagoda, what did the considerations of labour camps shift to?

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From ideological to economic

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What were Yagoda’s economic considerations w the gulag?

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They provided a pool of labour
To exploit the economic resources of the Soviet Union
In places where no one would willingly work

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Gulag conditions?

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HOSTILE

Died of extreme cold/starvation— along with guards and guard dogs

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Yahoda oversaw the completion of what grandiose project?

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The White Sea Canal

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9
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How many gulag workers were used in the construction of the White Sea Canal?

How did they dig?

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180,000

By hand, without machines…

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How long was the White Sea Canal?

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141 miles

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Positives/ negatives in construction of White Sea Canal?

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+ completed under budget
+ in less than 2 years

  • at least 10,000 died
  • only dug to 12 feet to cut costs—> useless to most
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When and why did Yagoda’s influence increase?

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1936 Great Purge

It rose as the number of arrested opponents increased

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Yagoda’s task during the purges?

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Arresting party Trotskyists.

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14
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When was Yagoda removed from office?

Why?

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1936

  • incompetence with safeguarding Kirov
  • not persecuting opponents with sufficient enthusiasm
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When was Yagoda shot?

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1938

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16
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When was Yagoda appointed as head of the secret police?

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1934