NKVD under Genrikh Yagoda

Question 1

1. Who did Stalin use the Secret Police against?
2. When was Yagoda appointed head of the NKVD?
3. Who did Yagoda organise the arrest, interrogation and trial of? (2)

Answer 1

1. The Communist Party.
2. July 1934.
3. Zinoviev and Kamenev.

Question 2

1. However, Yagoda proved to be a _____________.
2. Who’s supporters did Yagoda not move against? (2)
3. The scale of terror in 1935 and 36 was ___ _______ by Soviet standards.
4. However, Yagoda still collaborated with Stalin in doing what?

Answer 2

1. Disappointment.
2. Bukharin and Trotsky’s.
3. Not unusual.
4. Turning the NKVD against the Communist Party.