1945-1953
How many war conferences did Stalin attend? Name all of them
1. December 1943-Tehran conference
2. February 1945-Yalta conference
3. July-August 1945-Yalta conference
When did Lenin died?
January 21, 1924
When was Kirov killed?
December 1934
In 1931, how far was the USSR behind the developed industrial countries according to Stalin's?
50-100 years behind
When was the USSR recognised by Britain?
On 1 February 1924.
Which countries of Eastern Europe became satellites of the USSR?
Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and East Germany.
When were factions banned?
In 1921
When was the Great Terror?
1937-1938
When did collectivisation start?
In 1928
When was the USSR invited to the League of Nations?
In 1936
What was the main focus of 4th 5-year plan?
heavy industry and military development
Who were the main contestants of Stalin from the left-wing of the communist party?
Grigory Zinoviev and Lev Kamenev and Leon Trotsky
What were the reasons for the Great Terror?
Fear of the 5th column, fear to loose control over the state, fear of war
When was the first five year plan?
1928 - 1932
When and what was Rapallo treaty about?
In 1922. It was the political recognition of Soviet Russia by Germany, the establishment of diplomatic relations between them and expansive economic cooperation.
What is the "Leningrad Affair"
A purge between 1949 and 1951 of the city's political elite and of nationally prominent communists who had come from Leningrad.
How did Stalin eliminate Trotsky?
He misinformed Trotsky about Lenin's funeral - it increased suspicions inside the party about Trotsky's loyalty; he convinced the members of the politburo that Trotsky wanted to be the only leader of the communist party and wanted the World revolution and rapid industrialisation straight away. So Trotsky gradually lost his government positions and was expelled from the Soviet Union in February 1929.
Who were the first victims of Stalin's purges?
The kulaks and different nationalities of the USSR
What were the results of the first 5 year plan?
The plan produced mixed results. Industrial growth in the capital goods sector, e.g., new industrial centres were created, such as Magnitogorsk, there was a great increase in the output of coal, steel, oil and electricity.
But it came at the expense of the rural populations. In order to finance industrial investment, leading to food shortages and famine in the countryside.
When did the breaking of Anglo-Soviet diplomatic relations take place?
In 1927
What is Zhdanovshchina?
A cultural policy of the Soviet Union with strict anti-Western bias. Originally applied to literature, it soon spread to other arts and gradually affected all spheres of intellectual activity in the Soviet Union, including philosophy, biology, medicine, and other sciences.
When were Zinoviev and Kamenev sentenced to death?
In 1936
Why was Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevskii killed? What did the state incriminate him?
On 11 June 1937, a closed military court sentenced a group of the Red Army’s most talented and experienced officers to execution. Charged with membership of a supposed military-fascist plot, working with the Nazis, and planning to overthrow the Stalinist regime, all were shot immediately after the trial.
What 5 year plan had this slogan "Cadres Decide Everything?"
The Second 5 year plan
How the USSR benefited from the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact?
The war was postponed, the new territories were gained.