Stalin's rise and gain to power 4.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? HistoryRussia 1905-1941IGCSEICAAE Created by: katewellsCreated on: 08-05-16 14:40 When did Stalin come to power? 1929 1 of 25 What role did Stalin adopt in 1917 Commissar of Nationalities (experience with minority) 2 of 25 What role did Stalin adopt in 1919? Commissar of workers and peasants inspectorate 3 of 25 What role did Stalin adopt in 1922? General secretary of the central committee 4 of 25 Who was Leon Trotsky? Former follower of the Petrograd Soviet with Lenin 5 of 25 What 3 roles did Trotsky play during the October revolution? 1) Set up the Red army 2)Helped Lenin with the army and organised affairs 3) Had a lot of experience and was a good public speaker 6 of 25 When was Trotsky expelled from the communist part? 1927 7 of 25 When did Trotsky exile, where to and what happened? 1929, to Mexico where he was assassinated in 1940 by a Soviet agent 8 of 25 What was the Chistka of 1932-5? 20% of party members expelled non violently as they were people who had joined the party for their benefit rather than for ideological reasons 9 of 25 What were the show trials? Where prominent old Bolsheviks were publicly tried and executed, they were often filmed and used as propaganda in cinemas 10 of 25 What was the Yezhovshchina of 1937-8?` The period were thousands of party members of the armed forces were denounced, arrested and imprisoned or sent to labor camps 11 of 25 How many Anti-Soviets were there on the list that Yezhov drew up? 250,000 12 of 25 When did Stalin set about removing all the leading Communist party members who had taken part in the 1917 revolutions? 1936 13 of 25 How many of Lenin's central committee survived? 2 including Stalin 14 of 25 What were most of the Red army officers accused of? Spying for Nazi Germany and 1/2 shot 15 of 25 How many of the generals and the admirals of the armed forces were executed? 81/103 16 of 25 Which 2 heads of the NKVD were shot? Yagonda and Yezhov (who were responsible for the purges) 17 of 25 How many were sent to labor camps? 20 million over 1/2 died 18 of 25 How did Stalin create a cult personality of himself? -Had to show Stalin in a positive light -Statues were put up in every town -Millions of posters with his face on put up everwhere 19 of 25 What was Russification? Where only Russian customs and language were allowed 20 of 25 When was the 1936 constitution made? 5th December 21 of 25 What was the 1936 constitution? The redesigning of the Soviet Union government 22 of 25 How was the Soviet Union government redesigned? Into 2 chambers of parliament the Soviet union and Soviet nationalities 23 of 25 How often did the new goverment hold elections? 4 years 24 of 25 What were the labor camps called under Stalin? The gulags 25 of 25
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