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Nature Of Government Under The Communists Flashcards

1
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When was the treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed?

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1918

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2
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When did Lenin die?

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1924

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When did Stalin die?

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1953

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When was Khrushchev removed from power?

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1964

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5
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When did Khrushchev, Malenkov and Beria form the collective leadership?

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1953

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6
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When did De-Stalinisation start?

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1956

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7
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What did Lenin replace war communism with in 1921?

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  • New Economic Policy.
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8
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What did Lenin publish in 1902?

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  • “What is to be done” a collection of ideas on how Russia should be governed.
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9
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In what years were Lenin exiled?

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  • 1897.
  • 1906-1917
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10
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When was Stalin appointed general Secretary of the Communist party?

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1922.

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When did Stalins power struggle take place?

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1923 - 1927.

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12
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Who were Stalins main rivals during the power struggle?

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  • Zinoviev.
  • Kamenev.
  • Tortsky.
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13
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When did Stalin introduce the planned economy and the police state?

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1928 - 1933.

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14
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When did the great terror take place?

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1936 - 1938.

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15
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Who was appointed head of the secret police in 1939?

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Beria.

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16
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When did Khrushchev become prime minister of Ukraine?

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  • 1944.
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17
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When did Khrushchev become secretary to the central committee?

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1949.

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18
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When did Khrushchevs power struggle take place?

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1953 - 1956.

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19
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When did Khrushchevs power struggle take place?

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1953 - 1956.

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20
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Who were Khrushchev’s main rivals during the power struggle?

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Malenkov and Beria.

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21
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What is dictatorship?

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  • Absolute rule with no legal, economic, political or social restrictions.
22
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How did Stalin change the way Russia was governed?

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Implemented a superstructure to control the base of society.

23
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How did Stalin implement his superstructure?

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Command based economy.
Five Year Plans.
Collectivisation.

24
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How did Stalin keep control of his Superstructure?

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Relied on one person being in control.
Cult of Personality.
Censorship.

25
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Why did Stalin implement his superstructure?

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Practical solution to economic problems.
Serve his own megalomaniac personality.
Continue the work of Lenin.

26
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How did government change after Stalins death?

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Move away from Stalinisation.
Roles of key communists changed.
Third of Party Central Committee were new.

27
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What form of leadership came about after Stalins death?

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Collective leadership, rule by a group equally and not as one.

28
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How well did the collective leaders get on with each other?

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Some arguments between Malenkov and Khrushchev.
Malenkov wanted consumerism and westernisation.
Khrushchev offered Virgin Land Campaign as an alternative.

29
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Why did Khrushchev introduce De-Stalinisation?

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-Make Russia look better on the world Stage.
-Uphold his position
-Personal beliefs
-Denounce rivals

30
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What were Khrushchev’s criticisms of Stalin?

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Never accepted by Lenin as competent.
Created a state unprepared for war.
Committed crimes against the people.
Committed misdemeanours against outsiders who should have been accepted, Bela Kun of Hungary.

31
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What was the anti-party group?

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A group who attempted to abolish role of First Secretary of the Party to weaken Khrushchevs power.

32
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Who was the anti-party group made up of?

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Molotov, Kagonovich and Malenkov.

33
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Why were the anti-party group unsuccessful?

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Only Party Central Committee could change the party structure.
Group was illegal.
All members involved removed from presidium.

34
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What was the Central Executive Comitee responsible for

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-The Politburo
-The Orgburo
-The Ogburo

35
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What was the Politburo

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-A small elite group of Bolsheviks responsible for formulating policy
-Dominated the Central Commitee and running the party

36
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What was the Orgburo

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-Office organising party affairs

37
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What was the Ogburo

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-Responsible for maintaining order and dealing with opposition

38
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What changes did Stalin make to central government

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-Establishment of autonomous soviet republics
-Supreme soviet met twice every year to discuss government policy

39
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What was Agitprop?

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Agitation and Propaganda department.
Set up in 1921.
Promoted an idealised picture of Russian life.
Controlled broadcasting.

40
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What was the USW?

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Union Of Soviet Writers.
All writers and literacy publishers had to join.
Control censorship and ideology.

41
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What was the MVD

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-Established 1953 initially in the hands of Beria
-After Beria’s arrest MVD placed in the control of the Party Central Comitee
-1954 separated into the MVD and KGB
-Responsible for arrests of 11,000 counter revolutionaries

42
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How did Lenin use the army

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-Used it to seize power during the October Revolution
-Used to the win the civil war under the guidance of Trotsky
-Army imposed war communism and grain requisitioning
-Numbered 5 million at the end of the civil war
-Put down Kronstadt rebellion

43
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How did Stalin use the army

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-Helped to administer economic policy including grain requisitioning
-Played a role in the Great Terror and the Great purge
-Found itself purged with 40% of the upper echelon disappearing including Tukhachevsky
-Fought in WW2 against the Nazis
-After WW2 Zhukhov was removed and exiled
-Played a role in the Doctors plots

44
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How did Khruschev utilise the army

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-Reduction in size from 3.6 million to 2.4
-Khruschev followed a policy of détente
-Flashpoints emerged in the shooting of a US spy plane 1960 and the Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

45
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What are the impact of the Civil War on peasant attitudes

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-Numbers of peasants supported the red army
-Peasants also supported the white aaa there was significant opposition to war communism
-NEP attempted to appease the peasants

46
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What influence did collectivisation have on peasant unrest

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-Program ignited peasant unrest as thousands died from the siffeeent phases
-Significant opposition arose as a result of the scale and speed of reform along with the loss of the mir in 1930
-Sugnificant numbers of peasants refused to cooperate and slaughtered numbers of cattle

47
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What was rural unrest like under Khruschev

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-Relative stability

48
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What was the Cheka

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-Established 1917 led by Dzerzhinsky
-Clamped down on any opposition and counter revolutionaries including the left SRs
-Implemented the Red terror and War communism
-Carried out grain requisitioning
-Eliminated the kulaks
-Administered labour camps
-Replaced by the GPU and later OGPU 1922

49
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What was the NKVD

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-Formed 1934 headed by Yagoda to combat opposition to Stalin’s personal dictatorship
-NKVD crucial in the purges gathering evidence against Bukharin, Kamenev, Zinoviev
-Administered the gulags with 40 million people sent to the prison camps
-1938 Stalin purged the NKVD replacing yezhov with Beria purging 20,000 members

50
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How did the role of the secret police change under the communists

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-Used to initiate a class war e.g Dekulakisation

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