Unit 3 Introduction Flashcards
1
Q
Bolsheviks seize power
A
October 1917
2
Q
Establishment of Cheka
A
1917
3
Q
Establishment of the Commissariat of Enlightenment
A
1917
4
Q
Cultural Revolution launched
A
1928
5
Q
The Gulag set up: system of labour camps expanded
A
1930
6
Q
Cultural Revolution ends
A
1932
7
Q
Socialist Realism promoted
A
1932
8
Q
Secret police reformed as the NKVD
A
1934
9
Q
KGB established
A
1954
10
Q
Khrushchev starts dismantling the Gulag
A
1956
11
Q
Khrushchev’s cultural ‘thaw’ begins
A
1957
12
Q
Andropov becomes head of KGB
A
1967
13
Q
Growth of dissident activity
A
1970s
14
Q
Andropov launches clampdown on dissident activity and suppression of arts
A
1982
15
Q
The SU is formally disbanded
A
December 1991
