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1
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In the first 2 months of the Ural-Siberian method how many peasants were herded into collective farms?

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60 million (around half the peasantry)

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By the end of the 1930s how many Kolkhozy were there?

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250,000

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Between 1930-31 how many peasants were deported to inhospitable areas where many died?

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1.8 million

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During de-kulakisation how many were arrested and mostly sent to camps AND how many were shot?

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1 390,000
2 21,000

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5
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During de-kulakisation how many peasants were leaving for the towns (mostly out of choice) annually?

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3 million

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6
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How many outbreaks of mass unrest were there rurally in 1930? How many peasants were involved?

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1 13,754
2 2.5 million

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When was the mir abolished?

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1930

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Between 1928 and 1941 how many peasants left for urban areas?

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20 million

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9
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How many died in the Holodomor?

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Estimated 6-7 million

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By the end of 1933 how many had been executed for stealing grain, and what % of those arrested was this?

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1000 executed, 4% of those arrested

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When was the Kolkhoz model statute?

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1935

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12
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What was the coal target in the first 5YP?

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35 up to 75 million tons

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13
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What was the iron ore target for the first 5YP?

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6 up to 19 million tons

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14
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How many tons of coal did Stakhanov cut in his shift, and how many times more than the norm was this?

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102, over 15 times the norm

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What did the labour decree of 1940 contain?
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1 Working day increased from 7-8 hours, working week increased by a day
2 Absenteeism punished by 6 months of labour on 75% pay
3 Changing jobs without specific authorisation criminalised with prison imposed
4 Employers who failed to report the above liable to criminal prosecution

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16
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In Magnitogorsk what % of people lived in self-built mud huts?

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25%

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17
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Moscow wages were what % of their 1928 level in 1932?

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52%

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18
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Of 328 factory directors how many were women?

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20

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19
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Between 1928 and 1941 industrial output _____?

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Trebled

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20
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From 1928-38 the number of industrial enterprises grew from 9000 to what?

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64,000

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21
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When was the Ryutin platform?

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1932

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22
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A party purge in the mid 1930s saw how many members expelled?

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250,000

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23
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At the beginning of 1935 Kamenev and Zinoviev, and how many of Zinoviev’s former associates were arrested?

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843

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24
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Of the 767 members of the high command how many were shot, died in prison, remained in jail or killed themselves?

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1 512
2 29
3 59
4 3

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25
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During the officer corps purge how many in total were arrested and how many were dismissed?

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1 10,000
2 23,000

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26
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How many died in NKVD Order 00447?

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6-800,000

27
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How many were killed in the national sweeps?

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250,000

28
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From 1937-8 how many were shot at the hands of the NKVD?

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680,000

29
Q

When did Stalin call a halt to the terror?

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November 1938

30
Q

When was the Shakhty trial, the beginning of the cultural revolution?

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May 1928

31
Q

What age were Komsomol members and how many were there by 1927?

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1 14-28
2 2 million

32
Q

List the 4 components of the Family code of May 1936

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1 Abortion outlawed
2 Divorce made harder
3 Child support payments fixed
4 Mothers with 6 children to receive substantial cash payments

33
Q

From 1935-40 the birth rate rose from under 25 per 1000 to almost what per 1000?

A

31

34
Q

In 1932 the politburo met 43 times, but in 1938 it met only __ times?

A

4

35
Q

What % of those in government bodies controlling the economy at the beginning of 1939 were appointed in the previous 2 years?

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47%

36
Q

By December 1941 operation Barbarossa had resulted in death or capture of how many Red army soldiers?

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6 million

37
Q

What % of civilians that fought against German invaders at Stalingrad died?

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75%

38
Q

In Stalin’s push towards Berlin how many casualties did Russia suffer? How many of these died?

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300,000 with 78,000 dead

39
Q

While other countries devotes roughly 20% of their GDP to the war, the USSR was able to devote what %?

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50%

40
Q

In territory taken in the Nazi-Soviet pact, how many people were sent to the gulags?

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1.5 million

40
Q

How many minorities e.g. Chechens, Crimean Tartars were deported to the Soviet interior?

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2 million

41
Q

How many served in the NKVD punishment companies?

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430,000

42
Q

Orders 270 and 227 states what?

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Those surrendered (POWs included) were deserters and those who retreated were traitors?

43
Q

How many soldiers captured by the axis had to fight against the Red army?

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150,000

44
Q

What % of the USSR’s productive capacity was moved to avoid German invaders? How many new factories were built?

A

8-10%
3500

45
Q

In one relocated tank factory, how many female workers lived in holes in the ground?

A

8,000

46
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By the end of WW2 what fraction of collective farmers were women?

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4/5

47
Q

From 1943-4 what % of the USSR’s GDP did lend-lease make up?

A

10%

48
Q

What % of nurses at the front were women?

A

100%

49
Q

The central women’s school for sniper training turned out how many soldiers and who killed how many German soldiers?

A

1061
12000

50
Q

Before the war women made up 41% of the workforce, which grew to what during the years 1942-5?

A

Over 50%

51
Q

How many soviet losses were there in the war?

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27 million

52
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The proportion of women employed in agriculture rose from 40% in 1940 to what by the end of the war?

A

80%

53
Q

For every Brit and American that died, how many soviets died?

A

85

54
Q

After WW2 what % of investment was devoted to heavy industry?

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85%

55
Q

In Leningrad citizens had to put in how many hours a month on top of their 8 hour working day?

A

30

56
Q

After WW2 how many kolkhozy had stopped functioning?

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Almost 100,000

57
Q

In 1946-7 how many died from starvation and related diseases?

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1-1.5 million

58
Q

By the end of 1952 the number of kolkhozy was reduced by nearly 2/3s to what?

A

94,800

59
Q

During WW2 the party membership grew from 4-______ million

A

6 million

60
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In 1952 what % of prisoners in gulags had not fulfilled their work norms?

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32%

61
Q

By 1952 the MVD controlled what % of capital investment in Russia?

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9%

62
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During the cultural revolution how many communist workers moved from manual to white-collar jobs?

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Over 500,000

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