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By what date had Stalin eliminated his rivals for power?
1929
100
What was the measure called when Stalin took the land off the peasantry and forced them to work in state farms?
Collectivization
100
Who was Stalin's greatest rival for power?
Trotsky
100
Name the capital of the USSR?
Moscow
100
What are the areas of permafrost called in Siberia?
The tundra
200
What was the first group on the Politburo Stalin moved against in the 1920s?
The Left Opposition
200
Why did Stalin liquidate the Kulak class?
He blamed them for sabotaging Soviet agriculture/feared they would oppose his plans for agriculture
200
Name the leader of the Soviet Union before 1924?
Lenin
200
Name the biggest river in the USSR?
the Volga
200
What are did the Tsar of Russia sell to the USA in the 1860s?
Alaska
300
What document did Stalin has to suppress from becoming public knowledge in 1924?
Lenin's Testament
300
What was the Soviet secret police called in 1924?
OGPU or the Cheka
300
Name the Right Opposition
Kamenev, Zinoviev and Bukharin
300
Name the old capital of Russia before the Revolution
St Petersburg
300
What delicacy is the Caspian Sea famous for and where does it come from?
Caviar, from the roe (eggs) of Sturgeon
400
What was the name of the measure Stalin used to bring his supporters into the Communist Party in 1924?
The Lenin Levy
400
When did Stalin start industrializing with the First Five Year Plan?
1928
400
Name Stalin's head of the secret police
Beria
400
Name the largest mountain chain in the USSR
The Urals
400
What great tank battle decisively defeated the German invaders in 1943?
Battle of Kursk
500
Name two of Stalin's offices in 1924?
Head of the Control Commission, in the Orgburo, member of the Politburo and General Secretary.
500
Which famous gulag built a canal from the White Sea to the Baltic, only to have it bombed by the Germans in WW2?
Belomor Canal
500
Who had an special award named after them and given to workers who produced lots?
Stakhanov
500
Name two countries taken over by the USSR in 1941?
Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Moldavia
500
What is a zek?
A prisoner in the gulag