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WorksheetsLife in Communist Russia
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 14mins
A system of government where the state controls all aspects of the economy and society is known as
democracy
communism
fascism
republicanism
The October Revolution in 1917 saw who come to power in Russia?
Vladimir Lenin
Leon Trotsky
Josef Stalin
Karl Marx
During the Russian Civil War, the Bolsheviks' Red Army was led by
Nicholas II
Vladimir Lenin
Leon Trotsky
Nikolai Bukharin
The Bolsheviks secret police was called
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The Cheka
The White Army
Before he died, Lenin wrote his Testament. In it, he was very critical of who?
Leon Trotsky
Josef Stalin
Lev Kamenev
The policy of Socialism in One Country means to
allow people the right to run their own country
strengthen communism in the USSR before spreading it further afield
spread democracy around the world
allow multiple parties to control the country
The joining of small, unproductive farms together to create large, state-owned farms was known as
industrialisation
collectivisation
show trials
Wealthy independent farmers were known as (a) .
Forced labour camps in the Soviet Union were known as
(a)
Stalin's first Five-Year Plan (1928-32) focused on
heavy industry and the production of coal, oil, steel and electricity
terror
transport
establishing a dictatorship
The second Five-Year Plan (1933-37) focused on
the production of arms and ammunition
transport and consumer goods
establishing a dictatorship
propaganda
Someone who has gained almost total control over their country and uses terror and propaganda to hold on to power is known as a
fascist
dictator
democrat
gulag
The Cheka became known as the
Bolsheviks
NKVD
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How many gulags were in the Soviet Union during this period?
3,000
30,000
300,000
3 million
A staged trial held in public to influence popular opinion is known as a ____ _____.
(a)
The first show trial was held in August 1936. It was known as
the Trial of the Seventeen
the Trial of the Sixteen
the Trial of the Eighteen
the Trial of the Nineteen
The second show trial was held in January 1937. It was known as
the Trial of the Seventeen
the Trial of the Seventy
the Trial of the Eighteen
the Trial of the Twenty
During the third show trial, which two rivals of Stalin were executed?
Nikolai Bukharin
Leon Trotsky
Grigory Zinoviev
Genrikh Yagoda
Choose three methods of propaganda that Stalin used to keep control of the USSR.
The Show Trials
Allowing other people have a say in Russian politics
Stalingrad being named after him
Referring to himself as the Father of Nations
Providing better conditions for every worker in the USSR
Stalin ensured attending school became
optional
compulsory
Choose two youth organisations set up during this period in Russia.
Hitler Youth
Konsomol
Young Communists
Kulaks
In Stalin's Russia, women made up what percentage of the workforce?
10%
25%
50%
75%
Women were rewarded with 2,000 roubles per year for five if they had
two jobs
six or more children
survived a gulag
worked for Stalin
