Rise to Power
What was the political party that led the Russian Revolution?
The Bolshevik party.
What was the affect of Stalin controlling the Politburo?
Gave Stalin power in controling the media.
How did Stalin punish political oppisition
Killing, arresting, or deporting millions of peasants
What is the name of the man-made famine in Ukraine that killed millions of people?
Holodomor
What is the name of the person who gave the Anti-Stalin speech?
Nikita Khrushchev
The position Stalin held after the Revolution.
Member of the Politburo
What was the goal of the first 5 year plan.
To industrialize the economy.
The effect of the Soviet Union blocking food delivery to villlages.
Led to famines in small communities.
Why did peasants kill their own livestock after the collectivization of agriculture
It was a way to protest/they would rather kill their livestock than hand it over to the state.
Who compared Stalinism to totalitarianism in his book?
George Orwell
The year of Lenin's death and the beginning of Stalin's consolidation of power
1924
What did Stalin's removal of political opposition allow him to do?
To become a dictator of the Soviet Union.
The name of the wealthier peasants in the Soviet Union?
Kulaks
In what years was the famine in Ukraine most severe?
1932-1933
When did the Western Nations and Stalin shift from allies to enemies?
After WWII/the late 1940s