USSR Timeline Quiz

When did the Bolshevik Revolution take place?

• 1914

• 1917

• 1921

• 1924

At which event were internal party factions banned in 1921?

• The 8th Party Congress

• The 9th Party Congress

• The 10th Party Congress

• The 11th Party Congress

Who did Lenin's Last Testament (1923) recommend be removed from their role within the Communist leadership?

• Bukharin

• Kamenev

• Trotsky

• Stalin

What was the name of the policy introduced by Stalin from 1928 to rapidly industrialise the Soviet Union?

• New Economic Policy

• Five-Year Plans

• Perestroika

• Glasnost

During Stalin's reign, what was the term used for the political purges that took place in the 1930s?

• The Great Leap Forward

• The Great Purge

• The Cultural Revolution

• The Red Terror

Which of the following leaders were not killed in Stalin's show trials of 1936-8?

• Trotsky

• Bukharin

• Kamenev

• Zinoviev

Which event is considered the starting point of the Cold War?

• The Yalta Conference

• The Berlin Blockade

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Potsdam Conference

Three years after Stalin's death in 1953, who gave a 'Secret Speech' denouncing his methods?

• Dwight Eisenhower

• Winston Churchill

• Nikita Khrushchev

• John F Kennedy

What was the main objective of Khrushchev's Thaw?

• To increase military spending

• To promote cultural and intellectual freedom

• To expand Soviet territory

• To strengthen the KGB

Which event in 1962 led to the creation of the hotline between the Kremlin and the White House?

• The Bay of Pigs Fiasco

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The Three Mile Island Disaster

• The Chernobyl Disaster