Rise to and consolidation of power
What did Stalin organise that helped him present himself as the next leader of Russia?
Lenin’s funeral.
What was the name for Russian concentration/labour camps?
Gulags
Which economic sector did Stalin want to focus on?
Industry
What resource did production double for?
Oil
During the first winter after WW1 what northern country was Russia tied up in a war with?
Finland
Who was Stalin’s biggest competitor for leadership before the Party Congress of 1924?
Trotsky
How many members of Lenin’s politburo were left by the end of 1938?
2 Stalin and Trotsky
How much time did Stalin think they had to catch up with more advanced countries?
10 years
What was the duration of each plan that Stalin introduced to improve Russia's economy starting in 1928?
5 years
What policy did Russia employ as they retreated from the axis powers?
Scorched Earth
What did Stalin continue to supress following in Lenin’s footsteps?
Religion
The 1933 first round of purges reduced the party by how much?
A third
What term describes the taking over of individual farms and combining them into large government ran farms?
Collectivisation
How many engineering degrees were given out between 1928 and 1940?
300,000
What was the term for countries Russia controlled in Eastern Europe after the war?
Satellite States
What were Stalin’s thoughts regarding the spread of communism?
Communism in one country
How many Red Army officers were executed or imprisoned?
Over 30,000
Which group resisted farm collectivisation?
Kulaks
How many new factories and power stations were created during the First Plan, 1928-1933?
1500
What countries did Russia Control in Eastern Europe after WW2? (Give 2)
Poland, Hungary and Yugoslavia
What quote from Stalin illustrates his views on education?
‘Education is a weapon’
What are the estimates for people killed or imprisoned as a result of the show Trials?
20 million
What percentage of peasant holdings were collectivised by 1940?
97%
Give two examples of developed/improved transport networks under Stalin.
White Sea Canal, Moscow-Volga Canal, Moscow Underground
Give 2 treaties/pacts Stalin signed when engaging in international co-operation.
Treaty of Rapallo and 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact.