AS Soviet Union chapter 1 Lenin to Chernenko

Who was murdered in 1934?

• Trotsky

• Kirov

• Zinoviev

• Vyshinsky

Which of these men was not executed as a result of a Show Trial?

• Zinoviev

• Tomsky

• Trotsky

• Bukharin

Which of these statistics and victims are broadly correct between 1937-39 as victims of thepurges

• Three out of five marshals, 14 out of 16 army commanders and all of the admirals were purged

• 3,000 secret police as well as both Heads of the NKVD Yagoda and Yezhov

• All of the marshals, all of the army commanders and half of the admirals

• Everyone he killed EVERYONE

Which of these organisations had power devolved to them in World War Two from Stalin?

• The Politburo for the military and the Cheka for food

• Sovnarkom and the Cheka for the military

• The Soviet and Stavka

• Stavka for the military and the State Defence Committee for the country's administration

Who disagreed with Lenin and survived

• Zinoviev

• Kollontai

• Trotsky

• Stalin

Why was the 1924 constitution important?

• It centralised power onto Moscow

• It centralised power into the Soviet

• It centralised power onto the politburo

• It gave every citizen the right to vote

Which of these are examples of Stalin not having total power

• He was not able to execute Ryutin in 1932 when Ryutin denounced him.

• Kirov achieved more votes than Stalin in the elections to the Central Committeee in 1934

• Stalin had to set lower targets for the Second Five year Plan after cricism from the party

• Kollontai criticised him

What measure put forward by Lenin was to stop division with-in the Party

• Killing the peasants at Tambov in 1921

• "Dizzy With Success" the Ban on Factions

• "On Party Unity" the Ban on Factions

• Creation of the Constituent Assemble

which of these lists of events are in the correct order

• The ban on Factions,The treaty of Brest-Litovsk, closing the Constituent Assembly

• The Soviet Constitution, Closing the Constituent Assembly,The treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Ban on Factions,

• Closing the Constituent Assembly,The treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Ban on Factions, The Soviet Constitution

• The murder of Kirov, The show trials, purge of the Red Army, death of Stalin

How might Stalin defend the use of terror?

• It stops the revolution being diluted by uncommitted Soviet citizens and politicians

• It preserved the position of the Communist party

• It preserves his personal dominance of the country

• That Terror was acceptable to use against the enemy because Lenin had already used it in the Civil War