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WorksheetsPurges
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 6mins
Whose murder in 1934 led to the launch of the purges?
Stalin
Lenin
Kirov
Trotsky
Why did Stalin say the party needed to be purged?
There were counter-revolutionaries within the party
There were Bolsheviks within the party
There were plots to kill Stalin within the party
There was a need for permanent revolution
What system was used to ensure that lots of people were purged?
The secret police system
The quota system
The secret informers system
The torture interrogations system
Where were purged people sent?
(a)
What were Soviet citizens encouraged to do to help the purges?
Not speak to neighbours or colleagues about politics
Learn about politics and the correct way of thinking
Set up spy cameras in their homes
Inform on their neighbours and colleagues
Name one person put on trial in the Moscow Show Trials.
(a)
What did all the Moscow Show Trials have in common? Pick the 3 correct answers.
All defendants were found guilty
All defendants confessed
All defendants spoke up for themselves
All defendants were executed
What was the effect of the purges of the armed forces?
The size of the army reduced
Stalin became supreme leader of the army
The leadership of the army became weaker
The army was made stronger
