How was Stalin able to become a dictator in the 1930s?

A quiz on the ways Stalin created and kept up his dictatorship in the 1930s.

GCSE History

Exam board: AQA

Stalin

?
  • Created by: Eden
  • Created on: 12-06-11 14:49
Who did Stalin support first?
The Leftists
1 of 8
Why did he suppress Lenin's Testament?
It said rude things about him
2 of 8
What started the Purges?
Kirov
3 of 8
How did the show trials help his dictatorship?
Discredited old rivals
4 of 8
What were gulags?
Prison camps
5 of 8
What was the cult of personality?
Stalin was worshipped as a demi-god
6 of 8
What did Soviet writers have to write about?
How wonderful communism was
7 of 8
How many Christian Bishops survived past 1939?
9
8 of 8

Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

Why did he suppress Lenin's Testament?

Back

It said rude things about him

Card 3

Front

What started the Purges?

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

How did the show trials help his dictatorship?

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

What were gulags?

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
View more cards

Comments

Joe

Report

very useful

DennisTheMenace

Report

nice

Similar History resources:

See all History resources »See all Russia 1905-1941 resources »