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WorksheetsStalin - Part 1
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Worksheet time: 47mins
The following was a retreat from Communism under Lenin
Peace Communism
Bolshevik Communism
War Communism
New Economic Plan
This man was killed by the NKVD
Trotsky
Lenin
Solzhenitsyn
Stalin
This was the highest policy making entity in the Communist Party
Politburo
NEP
Gosplan
GULAG
What political system is when the state holds ultimate authority over the society
Totalitarianism
Democracy
Stalinism
Socialism
Holodomor was the
Industrialization of Moscow
Forced Starvation of the Ukraine
Creation of the War Economy
International Policy of Russia
The economic planning committee under Stalin was called
Politburo
Central Committee
Gosplan
NEP
Holodomor occurred because
Stalin wanted to crush the Ukrainian Independence Movement
Famine ran rampant within the rest of Russia
Failures of meeting quotas
Failures of prisoners in the Gulag
Holodomor occurred because of ______ reasons
Political
Social
Economic
Religious
Which of the following was NOT an effect of 5 Year Plans?
Sacrifice of Personal Freedom
Industrialization of Russia
Lack of quality in consumer goods
Increase in censorship within Russia
The food rationing system in the Gulags was called the
Cauldron
Zeks
Kolyma
Yezhov
This person wrote "The Gulag Archipelago"
Trotsky
Yezhov
Lenin
Solzhenitsyn
Kolyma camps
Contained criminals
Contained debtors
Contained kulaks
Contained Political Prisoners
The head of the NKVD was
Stalin
Yezhov
Khruschev
Yakov
The start of the purge was with
Yezhov's assassination
Kirov's assassination
Trotsky's assassination
Holodomor
Which of the following was FALSE about Lenin's Testament?
It was largely ignored
It supported Trotsky
It was never released to the Russian people
It supported Stalin
Stalin grew up in
A seminary
An orphanage
In Moscow
In St. Petersburg
Stalin's secret police force was called the
Cheka
NKVD
KGB
Third Section
Stalin used his power as General Secretary to
Control party membership
Eliminate women from the party
Assassinate Lenin
Allow Trotsky to come to power
The following typified more Communist control under Lenin
Bolshevik Communism
Communism of the Proletariat
War Communism
New Economic Plan
12015 35 Which goal did Joseph Stalin establish for the Soviet Union?
becoming an industrial power
creating a golden age of culture
instituting a parliamentary monarchy
easing tensions using détente
62014 34 Which statement about the Soviet economy
under Joseph Stalin is accurate?
The Soviet Union increased its power by
developing heavy industry.
The government reduced its role in planning
industrial production.
Farmers were encouraged to compete in a
free market economy.
A large selection of consumer goods became
available in the Soviet Union.
12013 31 An economic change introduced in the Soviet
Union under Joseph Stalin would include
establishing free-market reforms
boycotting Baltic Sea trade routes
focusing on the production of consumer
goods
collectivizing agriculture
Forced famine in Ukraine (1932–1933) was a direct result of...
Czar Nicholas’s involvement in World War I
Vladmir Lenin’s New Economic Policy
Joseph Stalin’s collectivization
Nikita Khrushchev’s removal from power
Joseph Stalin’s policies in Ukraine during the 1930s directly resulted in
widespread starvation
agricultural self-sufficiency
the development of cottage industries
the use of subsistence farming techniques
Which aspect of the economy was emphasized in Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans?
heavy industry
consumer goods
famine relief
private landownership
Where was Stalin born?
Georgia
Belarus
Ukraine
Germany
When Stalin was young, Georgia was a part of the _________________.
Russian Empire
Soviet Union
Ottoman Empire
Austria-Hungary Empire
In a communist country, the government owns
nothing; it's all private property.
farms, factories, and mines.
only farms.
only factories.
Series of campaigns to get rid of anyone Stalin saw as a threat
The Cultural Revolution
The October Revolution
The Great Purge
The Reign of Terror
Which of the following did Joseph Stalin do to stay in power?
He encouraged citizens to spy on each other.
He expanded the powers of the secret police.
He had millions of people killed or sent to the Gulag, labor camps.
He created a Cult of Personality and had history books rewritten.
All answer choices are correct.
How did Stalin help the Bolsheviks acquire funds?
Donations
Work
Robbery
None of the Above
What does Stalin mean in Russian?
Man of Steel
Man of Power
Man of People
Man of Soviet
What position did Stalin hold in the Communist Party before Lenin's death?
General Ambassador
General Manager
General Scout
General Secretary
Stalin had roughly how many of his own generals executed?
50
60
70
80
Around how many Russians were sent to gulags or killed under Stalin?
10 million
15 million
20 million
25 million
Russia 1917-1918
• Czar Nicholas II abdicated Russian Imperial throne
• ?
• Bolsheviks seized power and became the Communist Party
• Russia signed a peace treaty with the Central Powers
Which statement best describes the political situation in the Soviet Union immediately after Lenin's death in 1924?
The nation adopted a constitutional monarchy.
Trotsky and his followers assumed full control of the Communist Party.
Popular elections were held to choose a new General Secretary.
A power struggle developed among Communist Party leaders.
Which title best completes this graphic organizer?
Saddam Hussein and the Persian Gulf War
Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-sen) and the Defeat of the Manchu Dynasty
Joseph Stalin and the Rise of a Totalitarian State
Jawaharlal Nehru and the Modern Industrial State of India
• Led the Russians in a second revolution (1917)
• Promised "Peace, Land, and Bread"
• Established the New Economic Policy (NEP)
4. Which leader is being described by these statements?
Czar Nicholas II
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir I. Lenin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Which Soviet policy is most closely associated with the information in this table?
Lenin's New Economic Policy
Brezhnev's policy of détente
Stalin's Collective Farms
Gorbachev's policy of glasnost
Between which two years did the number of collective farms increase the most?
1929 and 1930
1930 and 1931
1934 and 1935
1939 and 1940
The data in this chart illustrates the
benefits of foreign trade
successful development of heavy industry
availability of consumer goods
effects of inflation on the economy
Which policy is illustrated in this chart?
pogroms
five-year plans
Russification
nuclear arms
Which of the following events was a result of the policy illustrated in the chart?
Russian Revolution
Collapse of the Soviet Union
Holodomor, forced famine in Ukraine
World War II
Joseph Stalin's leadership of the Soviet Union can be best characterized as a period of
religious freedom and tolerance
democratic reform and nationalism
censorship and terror
humanism and democracy
Which of the following was a reason for the Central Executive Committee (CEC)'s decision not to disclose Lenin's Testament?
Lenin wanted to remove Stalin as the Secretary-General
Stalin told the CEC not to make Lenin's Testament public
Lenin had criticised all the potential successors
Stalin was a bigger threat and more powerful than Trotsky
What was Lenin's advice in his Testament?
Stalin should be promoted to be the Secretary-General
Stalin should be removed as the Secretary-General
Trotsky should be promoted to be the head of the Red Army
Trotsky should be removed as the head of the Red Army
Why was the non-disclosure of Lenin's Testament favourable to Stalin's rise?
Stalin was able to retain his position as the Secretary-General
Stalin's reputation was enhanced
Stalin was able to get rid of his main rival, Trotsky
Stalin was able to gain the support of the members of the Communist Party
Trotsky was unpopular among the members in the Politburo. Which of the following 2 statements are TRUE of his unpopularity?
Trotsky was never present for Politburo meetings
Trotsky was outspoken and often criticised the organisation and policies of the Communist Party.
Trotsky's "Permanent Revolution" proposed that the Soviet Union continued to promote and support communist revolutions in other countries
Trotsky had insulted Stalin consistently
Trotsky had criticised Lenin's Testament
Trotsky was seen as powerful and regarded as a threat by the other potential successors because he held the position as the head of the (a) .
Why was Trotsky's unpopularity advantageous to Stalin in the power struggle?
Trotsky would have a lot more support than Stalin
Stalin would be able to retain his position as Secretary-General
The potential successors would focus on getting rid of Trotsky rather than Stalin
Stalin would be able to ally with Trotsky and get Trotsky to support him
Which of the following is NOT an example of Stalin's manipulations?
Pretended to be close to Lenin
Making use of his power as the Secretary-General
Promoting "Permanent Revolution" in Soviet Union
Exploited the ideological division within the party
Which of the following actions helped Stalin to create the impression that he was close to Lenin? (Choose 3 actions)
Stalin appointed himself as the chief mourner
Stalin renamed Stalingrad as Leningrad
Stalin embalmed Lenin's body and displayed it in a mausoleum in the Red Square
Stalin scolded Trotsky for criticising Lenin's policies
Stalin gave Trotsky the wrong date of the funeral so that he would miss the funeral
How did Stalin's pretense to be close to Lenin help him in the power struggle to be the next leader of the Party?
He was seen as a natural successor to Lenin
He was able to amass a huge following to vote for him during the country's elections
He was able to eliminate all his rivals
He was regarded as the face of Communism
What was the power that Stalin had as the Secretary-General?
He was able to come up with policies of the Party
He published all Party newspapers
He had the authority to appoint and reassign Party members
He controlled the Party
How did Stalin make use of the power as Secretary-General against Trotsky?
He sacked Trotsky as the head of Cheka
He replaced the allies of Trotsky with his own within the Party
He gave Trotsky the wrong date for Lenin's funeral
He demoted Trotsky to become a normal member within the Party
Why was Stalin's use of his power as Secretary-General significant in the race to be the leader of the Communist Party?
He was able to amass a huge following to vote for him during the country's elections
He was able to increase his support base and influence within the Party
He was able to control the army
He would be seen as the natural successor to Lenin
Which of the following correctly show the process that Stalin took to exploit the division within the Party to gain power? (Hint in TB p.43)
Formed troika alliance to expel Trotsky; Allied with Radicals to eliminate Kamenev and Zinoviev; Allied with Moderates to eliminate Bukharin and Rykov
Allied with Radicals to eliminate Moderates, Allied with Moderates to eliminate Kamenev and Zinoviev, Formed troika alliance to expel Trotsky
Formed troika alliance to expel Trotsky; Allied with Moderates to eliminate Kamenev and Zinoviev, Allied with Radicals to eliminate Bukharin and Rykov
Allied with Moderates to eliminate Kamenev and Zinoviev, Formed troika alliance to expel Trotsky; Allied with Radicals to eliminate Bukharin and Rykov
How did Stalin's exploitation of the ideological division within the Party help him to rise to power?
He was able to gain supporters within the Party
He was able to show his was Lenin's choice to be successor
He was able to get rid of Trotsky
He was able to eliminate all his rivals
What is the definition of a sabotage?
Disrupting production through destruction of property
Resisting dekulakisation
Giving secret information to foreign governments
Committing political treason
How did Stalin take complete control over the USSR?
Which of these strands are relevant to write paragraphs on
The role of Lenin a long term cause as he created the role of General Secretary, nomenklatura and the Lenin enrolment which all gave a huge amount of power to Stalin
The failure of his opposition who underestimated Mr Card-Index for example Kamenev ann Zinoviev helped Stalin becasue they thought the bigger enemy was Trotsky?
The different policies that Lenin had created on the economy such as NEP and WAr Communism created division in the old Bolsheviks and Stalin exploited this by creating alliances
Stalin's role as General Secretary was used to decide who entered the party as part of the Lenin enrolment and he kept out people who might not support him.
After the Civil War Lenin created the Ban on Factions in 1921. This stopped opposition to the ideas of the politburo. Stalin used this to get rid of Trotsky who wanted World Revolution instead of Stalin's Revolution in one country. This was becasue he was in charge of administering this policy
Why was the role of General Secretary so powerful?
He was the Head of the Lenin Enrolment so over time will make sure that the new members of the party support him
he was Party Secretary in Moscow?
He was the head of Sovnarkom?
He was a party Secretary in Leningrad
Stalin was in charge of the nomenklatura system within the party which decides who will be promoted. He only promoted his cronies such as Molotov.
In getting rid of opposition. Who were the Left opposition?What did they disagree over?
Bukharin and Stalin: Permanent Revolution(World Revolution ) and ending NEP becasue it is Capitalist
Trotsky, Kamenev and Zinoviev: , Permanent Revolution(World Revolution ) and ending NEP because it is Capitalist
Bukharin: Permanent Revolution(World Revolution ) and ending NEP becasue it is Capitalist
Tomsky and Rykov: Permanent Revolution(World Revolution ) and ending NEP becasue it is Capitalist
How did Stalin undermine Bukharin in 1928(page 22)
He changed from supporting NEP to supporting the idea of Five Year Plans
Stalin criticised him at the 15th Party Conference
He sent a directive to Party members called the "Foundations of Leninism " which presented the case to end NEP which was really easy for them to understand
Stalin pointed out that Bukharin had disagreed with Lenin in the past
Bukharin was accused of Trotskyism becasue he criticised the bureaucracy (Stalin) just as Trotsky had done.
Why did the Great Purge of the 1930s begin. Which of these themes help to explain why it began. Which do you think is the most important?
Lenin had used purges already in 1917 to deal with counter-revolution, sabotage and speculation. 200,000 people died so the idea is not new
There was criticism of Stalin within the party for instance in 1932 Ryutin uissued a document to the CC claiming Stalin was a dicator
Fanya Kaplin tried to kill Stalin
At the 17th Party Congress in 1934 -the Congress of Victors moderats tried to get Kirov to criticise Stalin
Dzerzhinsky was committed to getting rid of enemies of the state
Who was put on trial in the trial of the Twenty- One in 1938?
Zinoviev and Kamenev
Radek and Pyatakov
Bukharin and Rykov
Andrea Vyshinsky
Tomsky
Who oversaw the most excessive part of the purges including 3,000 of his own personal in the first 6 months that he led the Secret police
Yagoda
Yezhov
Dzerzhinsky
Beria
How is Stalins use of Terror different to Lenin's
Stalin attacked the old Bolsheviks -the elite of the party who were in the original Bolshevik movement and Lenin didn't
Both show they accept the concept of Terror as Lenin set it up as soon as he was in power in 1917 and Stalin accepted the expansion of gulags (which had been created by Lenin)
Lenin's use of Terror against the people led to approximately 200, 000 deaths; Stalin's use of Terror in the 1930s killed around 1 million
Lenin attacked the enemies of the revolution during the Civil War , Stalin systematically attacked: The Old Bolsheviks who could oppose him, the the Red Army in 1937, then the Secret Police. So Yagoda was removed in 1936 and Yezhov in 1939
Who did Stalin get rid (kill) of by 1930 so that he could dominate the Communist party
Bukharin, Yezhov, Beria, Rykov, Tomsky, Trotsky
Bukharin, Zinoviev, Kollentai, Rykov, Furtseva, Trotsky
Bukharin, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Rykov, Tomsky, Trotsky
Lenin, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Rykov, Tomsky, Trotsky
