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WorksheetsAS Soviet Union chapter 1 Lenin to Chernenko
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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
What was the Politburo renamed in 1952?
Gosplan
The Presidium
Mir
Soviet
What was the title General Secretary changed to after the death of Stalin?
Sovnarkom
Head of Rabkrin
Cadre secretary
First secretary
Put the leaders of the USSR in the correct order
Lenin, Stalin, Andropov, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Chernenko, Gorbachev, Yeltsin
Lenin, Stalin, Andropov, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Yeltsin, Chernenko, Gorbachev,
Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko, Gorbachev, Yeltsin
Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Yeltsin, Chernenko,Andropov, Gorbachev,
Which of these words best describe Brezhnev
Oligarchy, stagnation, "trust in cadres",Boris "the gypsy"
hare-brained schemes,socialist legality, presidium,Secret speech
cronies, purges,Show Trial, Chistka, nomenklatura
Constituent Assembly, Sovnarkom, Tambov, Ban on Factions
What did the 1924 Constitution state
That Stalin had developed a cult of personality, acted as a tyrant,, that they should return to Socialist legality
That it was the only truly democratic constitution in the world where every citizen has the vote. Civil Rights such as freedom of the press, religion and organisation are given
It creates the USSR,a federal system in which the Party has the main control not the Republics. Bourgeoisie classes do not have the vote
That now was the time to give more money to the Soviets, to streamline the state and to introduce secret ballots for political candidates.
