The secret police repression

Question 1

Alexander II What did he replace the third section with and when

Answer 1

The softer Okhrana in 1880

Question 2

Alexander II How many attempts were there on his life

Answer 2

5 unsuccessful attempts on his life

Question 3

Alexander II When was the winter palace bomb and how many did it kill

Answer 3

1880 winter bomb killed 11

Question 4

when and where was Alexander II assassinated

Answer 4

1881 in st petersburg

Question 5

Alexander II what does the fact he was assassinated suggest about the softer Okhrana

Answer 5

that it was ineffective

Question 6

Alexander III why did he increase the power of the Okhrana

Answer 6

so they could infiltrate dissident groups and exile them

Question 7

Alexander III what happened as a result of the Okhranas success

Answer 7

in 1884 the peoples will was disbanded

Question 8

Alexander III when did the Okhrana uncover a plot to assassinate Alex III and who was executed

Answer 8

1887 and 5 were executed including Lenins brother

Question 9

Alexander III when did the Okhrana become less prominent and why

Answer 9

early 1890s as there was less need for them

Question 10

Nicholas II what was there an increase of during his reign

Answer 10

there was an increase of political violence

Question 11

Nicholas II how many were murdered by dissidents between what dates

Answer 11

3000 were murdered between 1905-1907

Question 12

Nicholas II when was Stolypin assassinated

Answer 12

1911

Question 13

Nicholas II when was Grand duke Sergi assassinated and how

Answer 13

1905 by a terrorist bomb

Question 14

Nicholas II what did the Okhrana have little power over and what was a good example

Answer 14

their informers. Stolypin’s assassin was an informer named Bogrov

Question 15

Nicholas II after 1905 what were the Okhrana given power to do

Answer 15

execute people without trial

Question 16

Lenin what did he victimise people based upon

Answer 16

he victimised people based on who they were not what they had done (kulaks and political opponents)

Question 17

Lenin what did lenin implement during the civil war

Answer 17

Lenin implemented the Red Terror

Question 18

Lenin What was War communism

Answer 18

The elimination of kulaks and the enforcement of conscription

Question 19

Lenin how many did the Cheka execute per year between what dates

Answer 19

28000 between 1917 and 1922

Question 20

Stalin what did Stalin set up to combat opposition to his personal dictatorship

Answer 20

NKVD

Question 21

Stalin Who did the NKVD execute

Answer 21

High ranking officers such as Kamenev and Zionviev were executed by the NKVD

Question 22

Stalin Who was the leader of the NKVD executed by and when

Answer 22

Yagoda was executed by the NKVD in 1938

Question 23

Stalin how many did the NKVD send to Gulags

Answer 23

40 million

Question 24

Stalin when was the NKVD purged and how many died

Answer 24

in 1938 the NKVD was purged and 20000 were executed

Question 25

Khrushchev The KGB was put under party control what did this mean

Answer 25

it was harder to implement Stalin style terror

Question 26

Khrushchev when were Guglas shut down and what was this a part of

Answer 26

Gulags were shut down in 1955 as part of destalinistaion

Question 27

Khrushchev how many political prisoners were there by what date

Answer 27

11000 by 1960

Question 28

Khrushchev what evidence was there to suggest that Khrushchev could be still enforce terror (Novocherkassk)

Answer 28

23 were executed in 1962 after food riots