Russia: Communist government, 1917-85

Who was the Tsar immediately prior to the Russian Revolution?

• Nicholas II

• Ivan I

• Wilhelm II

• Alexander III

What term did Karl Marx use to describe the class of industrial workers that had sprung up as a result of the Industrial Revolution? P (a)  

Which two groups were the Bolsheviks vying with for power after the revolution?

• Socialist Revolutionaries

• Mensheviks

• Spartacists

• Momentum

Match the following term to its correct definition:

• Central Committee

• A workers' council

• Sovnarkom

• Large group elected by the Congress of Soviets

• Politburo

• Government of Soviet Russia

• Central Executive Committee

• 30-40 members chosen by the Party Congress

• Soviet

• Leadership of the Communist Party

By the time the Bolsheviks held their Tenth Party Congress in ​ (a)   , the civil war was all but won and attention could be focused on dealing with divisions within the Bolshevik Party. The civil war had seen a huge growth in Party ​ (b)   , from 300,000 at the end of 1917 to over 730,000 by 1921. This posed a threat to Party stability. To ensure conformity within the Party, a firm line was taken against dissent. This led to the measure called 'On Party Unity' which banned ​ (c)   within the Party. This came about at the same time as the Kronstadt Mutiny, a revolt by ​ (d)   previously loyal to the Bolsheviks, and a major peasant uprising known as the ​ (e)   Rising.

• March 1921
• February 1922
• membership
• opposition
• factions
• debate
• sailors
• soldiers
• Tambov
• Holodomoor

In what year did the USSR pass a new constitution which deliberately did not use the term 'Russia' and suggested that the new state was a truly federal one?

• 1922

• 1923

• 1924

• 1925

What name is given to the first secret police of the new Bolshevik state?

• Cheka

• GPU

• NKVD

• KGB

What role was Joseph Stalin appointed to in 1922?

• Head of the secret police

• Head of the Red Army

• Head of the Soviet Government

• General Secretary of the Communist Party

What scheme did Stalin introduce to boost Party membership?

• Marx Membership

• Engels League

• Lenin Enrolment

• Bolshevik Boost

Identify three of Stalin's rivals after the death of Lenin:

• Leon Trotsky

• Lev Kamenev

• Gregory Zinoviev

• Georgy Malenkov

• Lavrentiy Beria