Key Figures
Who was the leader of the Bolshevik Party during the October Revolution of 1917?
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
What event marked the start of the Russian Revolution in February 1917?
What is the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II?
What political ideology advocates for a classless society and the abolition of private property?
What is communism?
What was the name of the economic policy introduced by Lenin that allowed some private enterprise?
What is the New Economic Policy (NEP)?
What event in 1962 brought the world to the brink of nuclear war?
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Which Soviet leader initiated the policy of Glasnost in the 1980s?
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
The October Revolution of 1917 led to the establishment of what type of government in Russia?
What is a Bolshevik government?
Which ideology emphasises extreme nationalism and state control of the economy, as seen in Stalin's USSR?
What is fascism?
What was Stalin's series of economic plans aimed at rapid industrialisation called?
What are the Five-Year Plans?
What was the primary purpose of the Warsaw Pact, established in 1955?
What is to create a military alliance among Soviet and Eastern Bloc countries?
Name the last General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union before its dissolution in 1991.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
What was the name of the treaty that ended Russia’s involvement in World War I?
What is the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
What system of government was established by Lenin that allowed for a one-party state?
What is a socialist state?
Which agricultural policy led to the collectivisation of farms in the USSR?
What is collectivisation?
What doctrine was established by President Truman to contain the spread of communism?
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Who was the leader of the White Army during the Russian Civil War?
Who is Anton Denikin?
What ideology did the Bolsheviks promise to implement after the revolution?
What is Marxism-Leninism?
What document, created by Lenin, outlined the principles of the Bolshevik Party?
What is the "April Theses"?
What was the primary goal of Stalin’s First Five-Year Plan?
What is to increase industrial output?
What was the name of the wall that divided East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989?
What is the Berlin Wall?
Which female figure was known for her influence in the Russian Empire and her association with Rasputin?
Who is Empress Alexandra?
What was the primary cause of the Russian Civil War (1917-1922)?
What is the conflict between the Bolsheviks (Reds) and their opponents (Whites)?
Which political theory, developed by Marx and Engels, advocates for the workers’ control of the means of production?
What is socialism?
What was the impact of the Great Famine (1932-1933) in the Soviet Union?
What is widespread starvation and millions of deaths due to collectivisation?
What policy did Gorbachev implement to reduce nuclear weapons in the late 1980s?
What is the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty)?