Stalin or Trotsky
Industrial Modernising
Agricultural Modernising
The Purges
Miscellaneous
100
In what year did Lenin die?
1924
100
By what year did the USSR become the second leading manufacturing producer?
1932
100
What is the name for a Russian peasant?
A serf
100
Where were the gulags located?
Siberia
100
Where was Stalin born?
Gori, Georgia
200
What did Stalin's father do for a living?
Shoemaker
200
What is the name of the Dam where Stalin is painted standing in front of?
Dnieprostroi
200
What is the name for the Russian land owner?
Kulak
200
What percent of the army were purged?
20%
200
What was the codename for Hitler's invasion of Russia?
Operation barbarossa
300
In what year was Trotsky expelled from the USSR?
1929
300
By 1940, the USSR had more what per head of population than Britain?
Doctors
300
In what year did collectivisation begin?
1929
300
By 1937, how many people were estimated to have died in the labour camps?
10 million
300
In what city did Russia enjoy their first victory over the Germany army?
Stalingrad
400
What is the real name of 'Stalingrad?'
Tsaritsyn
400
Who became a "Hero of Socialist Labour?"
Alexei Stakhanov
400
What major world event hindered collectivisation (and Russia's) progress in the 1930s?
the Great Depression
400
Stalin was seen as a tyrant by his people. True or false
False. Most people did not realise Stalin was to blame for the purges.
400
What occupation was Stalin orginally working towards?
The Priesthood
500
What was one major reason why Trotsky did not succeede Lenin?
He underestimated Stalin, he was arrogant, he offended senior officials
500
Which industrial good increased the most between 1927 and 1937?
Coal
500
By what year had collectivisation finished?
1941
500
Who were three loyal Bolsheviks who were put on a 'show trial?'
Kamenev, Bukharin, and Zinoviev
500
How did Stalin's son die?
He died in a German POW camp
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