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AS Soviet Union chapter 1 Lenin to Chernenko

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was murdered in 1934?

a)

Trotsky

b)

Kirov

c)

Zinoviev

d)

Vyshinsky

2.

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

a)

Zinoviev

b)

Tomsky

c)

Trotsky

d)

Bukharin

3.

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

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

Everyone he killed EVERYONE

4.

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

a)

The Politburo for the military and the Cheka for food

b)

Sovnarkom and the Cheka for the military

c)

The Soviet and Stavka

d)

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

5.

Who disagreed with Lenin and survived

a)

Zinoviev

b)

Kollontai

c)

Trotsky

d)

Stalin

6.

Why was the 1924 constitution important?

a)

It centralised power onto Moscow

b)

It centralised power into the Soviet

c)

It centralised power onto the politburo

d)

It gave every citizen the right to vote

7.

Which of these are examples of Stalin not having total power

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

Kollontai criticised him

8.

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

a)

Killing the peasants at Tambov in 1921

b)

"Dizzy With Success" the Ban on Factions

c)

"On Party Unity" the Ban on Factions

d)

Creation of the Constituent Assemble

9.

which of these lists of events are in the correct order

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

10.

How might Stalin defend the use of terror?

a)

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

b)

It preserved the position of the Communist party

c)

It preserves his personal dominance of the country

d)

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

11.

What was the Politburo renamed in 1952?

a)

Gosplan

b)

The Presidium

c)

Mir

d)

Soviet

12.

What was the title General Secretary changed to after the death of Stalin?

a)

Sovnarkom

b)

Head of Rabkrin

c)

Cadre secretary

d)

First secretary

13.

Put the leaders of the USSR in the correct order

a)

Lenin, Stalin, Andropov, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Chernenko, Gorbachev, Yeltsin

b)

Lenin, Stalin, Andropov, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Yeltsin, Chernenko, Gorbachev,

c)

Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko, Gorbachev, Yeltsin

d)

Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Yeltsin, Chernenko,Andropov, Gorbachev,

14.

Which of these words best describe Brezhnev

a)

Oligarchy, stagnation, "trust in cadres",Boris "the gypsy"

b)

hare-brained schemes,socialist legality, presidium,Secret speech

c)

cronies, purges,Show Trial, Chistka, nomenklatura

d)

Constituent Assembly, Sovnarkom, Tambov, Ban on Factions

15.

What did the 1924 Constitution state

a)

That Stalin had developed a cult of personality, acted as a tyrant,, that they should return to Socialist legality

b)

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

c)

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

d)

That now was the time to give more money to the Soviets, to streamline the state and to introduce secret ballots for political candidates.