Unit 1 Introduction

Question 1

The October Revolution; the Bolsheviks seize power.

Answer 1

October/November 1917

Question 2

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Answer 2

March 1918

Question 3

Russian Civil War

Answer 3

1918-21

Question 4

Tenth Party Congress: ‘On Party Unity’ Lenin rules against factions.

Answer 4

1921

Question 5

Stalin becomes General Secretary; USSR established.

Answer 5

1922

Question 6

Kirov murdered.

Answer 6

1934

Question 7

The Great Purge starts.

Answer 7

1936

Question 8

16/71 Central Committee members left alive.

Answer 8

1939

Question 9

Death of Stalin

Answer 9

1953

Question 10

Khrushchev’s de-stalinisation policy starts.

Answer 10

1956

Question 11

Attempted coup to remove Khrushchev by the Anti-Party group.

Answer 11

1957

Question 12

Khrushchev dismissed from office.

Answer 12

1964

Question 13

Article 6 declares of what years Soviet Constitution declares the Comunist Party as the guiding force of the country.

Answer 13

1977

Question 14

Death of Brezhnev; Andropov becomes General Secretary.

Answer 14

1982

Question 15

Andropov dies; Chernenko appointed as General Secretary.

Answer 15

1984

Question 16

Chernenko dies; Gorbachev becomes General Secretary.

Answer 16

1985

Question 17

What was the government system established like the Bolsheviks?

Answer 17

Authoritarian
Highly centralised
Based on use of terror to reinforce the dominant position of the Party