Power Struggle
What was the document called where Lenin recorded his thoughts on the strength and weaknesses of different power contenders after him.
Lenin's testament
Who appeared to be a Georgian peasant?
Stalin
What was Stalin's plan to modernize soviet agriculture called?
Collectivization
Identify the new steel mills that came up in the Urals and in central Siberia. Give one example from each region.
Magnitogorsk in the Urals and Sverdlovsk in Central Siberia.
Trotsky was brilliant but also ...........and..........
Arrogant and high handed
Why was the slogan 'Socialism in one country' popular among the Russians.
because it appealed to the Russian sense of nationalism. Also, Russians did not want to get involved in any other war after the first WW and the civil war.
Identify the three FYP along with their years/time period.
First FYP- 1928-32, Second FYP- 1933-37, Third FYP- 1938-41
On major infrastructure projects, working conditions were appalling and deaths were common. It is estimated that ....workers died in the construction of the ...canal.
100,000 workers ....Belomor canal.
What is the phrase used by Trotsky for Stalin to mock him?
The party's most imminent mediocrity
Stalin tricked Trotsky by giving him the wrong date for Lenin's funeral. Hence Trotsky failed to appear at the funeral whereas Stalin appeared as ..... ... and Lenin's closest....and
chief mourner, closest comrade and follower.
Identify three key reasons for Stalin's plan to develop industry quickly.
mechanization of agriculture e.g. tractor, (2) To catch up with the western world and reduce dependence (3) Strong armament industry for security (4) Stalin's desire for leaving his legacy - (5) Increase the size of the working class, improve the standards of living of the Russian people
Name the 'Hero of socialist labour' and explain his achievement. What were soviet workers encouraged to become following the achievement of this Hero.
Alexei Stakhanov -a coal miner- in 1935, he produced 14 times more coal using two helpers and an easy coal seam.
Stakhanovites
In 1924, name the members of the Triumvirate that dominated the politburo, the policy making committee of the communist party.
Stalin, Kamenev and Zinoviev
what was GOSPLAN ?
Identify the four vital heavy industry.
GOSPLAN was the state planning organization .
coal, Iron, oil and electricity
Explain the meaning of 'state planning'. Identify four points.
(1) State decided what should be produced, how, when and where of production.
(2) Prices and wages determined by the state (3) idea of FYP
(4) role of GOSPLAN in detailed planning of the economy
Identify all the social groups who were forced to perform slave labor on infrastructure projects.
political opponents or suspected opponents, Kulaks, Jewish people, Saboteurs
Name two important developments in 1925 during the struggle for power after Lenin's death.
(1) Trotsky sacked from his position of the War Commissar.
(2) Stalin introduced his idea of 'Socialism in one country'.
Identify and explain four reasons for why Stalin wanted to modernize soviet Industry?
1. Security - lesson from the first world war- Need to factories to produce weapons and uniforms among other resources -
Self-sufficiency through industrialization - Ideology=Remove NEPmen and increase the size of the working class -
Personal reputation/legacy, Power and control- Industrialization as a powerful means of controlling the society
What was the emphasis of the first FYP and identify four achievements.
Emphasis on heavy industries - coal, iron and steel, oil, electricity
Four achievements - Coal and Iron prod doubled. Electricity prod trebled,
1500 new industrial plants were built. 100 new towns built.
(1) Name the policy invention to prevent the problem of workers moving jobs quickly for better wages.
(2) How was Islam treated by the Soviet regime in the republics of Central Asia?
(3) Identify the consequences of lateness or absenteeism in factories.
(1) Internal passport
(2) Muslim leaders imprisoned, mosques closed and pilgrimage to Mecca was prohibited.
(3) Sacking leading to loss of housing