Virgin Land Campaign

Question 1

What nickname did Khrushchev receive?

Answer 1

Mr Corn

Question 2

What nickname did Khrushchev receive?

Answer 2

Mr Corn

Question 3

Identify a region associated with the VLC

Answer 3

Kazakhstan

Question 4

What year did the VLC begin?

Answer 4

1954

Question 5

How many motorised tractors did the campaign deliver initially?

Answer 5

120,000

Question 6

Where was a corn research institute created?

Answer 6

Ukraine

Question 7

An increased focus on the planting of corn became known as … ?

Answer 7

Maize mania

Question 8

Why did established farmers not want to move to the Virgin Lands?

Answer 8

Poor living conditions and infrastructure

Question 9

What types of people did Khrushchev send to the Virgin Lands to deal with shortage of farm labourers?

Answer 9

Orphans and criminals

Question 10

By 1959 how many hectares of land only had 1 tractor?

Answer 10

200 hectares

Question 11

What year was their a poor harvest?

Answer 11

1963

Question 12

Grain production fell from 140 million tonnes to what in 1963?

Answer 12

107 million tonnes

Question 13

Where was their riots associated with food shortages in 1963?

Answer 13

Budyenni Locomotive Works in Novocherkassk

Question 14

How many were killed by the KGB in 1963 in protests at the Budyenni Locomotive Works in Novocherkassk

Answer 14

23