The Rise of the Bolsheviks
This Bolshevik leader promised “Peace, Land, and Bread” to win support during the Russian Revolution.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
After Lenin’s death in 1924, this man eventually became the leader of the Soviet Union.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
Stalin introduced these economic plans to rapidly industrialize the Soviet Union.
What are the Five-Year Plans?
This region of the Soviet Union suffered the worst famine during the Holodomor.
What is Ukraine?
During the Great Purge, Stalin tried to eliminate these people whom he saw as threats to his political power.
Who are political opponents?
This war severely weakened Russia and helped create the conditions for the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917
What is WWI?
This revolutionary leader was Stalin’s main rival for power before being exiled and later assassinated.
Who is Leon Trotsky?
Stalin forced farmers to give up private land and join large government-run farms called these.
What are collective farms (collectivization)?
The Holodomor took place during this decade under Stalin’s rule.
What are the 1930's?
Stalin’s secret police organization carried out arrests, executions, and forced confessions during the purges.
What is the NKVD?
The Bolsheviks overthrew Russia’s provisional government during this 1917 revolution.
What is the October Revolution?
In 1940, Stalin’s agents assassinated this former rival in Mexico using an ice axe.
Who is Leon Trotsky?
Under collectivization, peasants who resisted Soviet policies were labeled with this term meaning wealthy farmers.
Who are kulaks?
The Holodomor resulted from grain seizures, collectivization, and government policies that caused this kind of devastating food crisis.
What is a famine?
Many accused enemies were sent to forced labor camps in Siberia and other isolated places known as these.
What are Gulags?
After the revolution, the Bolsheviks fought this multi-year conflict against anti-communist forces called the Whites.
What is the Russian Civil War?
Stalin promoted the idea of building socialism only within the Soviet Union rather than spreading revolution worldwide. His motto was what?
What is “Socialism in One Country”?
Stalin prioritized the development of this type of industry, including steel, coal, and machinery.
What is heavy industry?
Historians estimate that millions of people died during the Holodomor between these years.
What is 1932-1933?
The Great Purge lasted from these years.
What is 1936-1938?
This treaty signed in 1918 ended Russia’s participation in World War I but forced Russia to give up large amounts of territory.
What is the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
After ruling Russia for decades, Stalin died in this year.
What is 1953?
This policy aimed to increase agricultural production but instead contributed to widespread famine in parts of the USSR.
What is collectivization?
Many historians argue the Holodomor was not just a famine but this type of intentional destruction of a national group.
What is a genocide?
The Great Purge began with the assassination of which one of Stalin’s friends who was believed to be part of an “anti-Stalin” conspiracy
Who is Sergei Kirov?