Politics

Question 1

Gandalf: The Theoden King stands alone.
Theoden: Eomer.

Answer 1

Eomer: not alone, Rohirrum!!!! For the King!!!!!!!

Question 2

Who was the main rival of Stalin in the power struggle following Lenin’s death?

Answer 2

Leon Trotsky.

Question 2

What were the Kosygin reforms under Khrushchev.

Answer 2

In 1965 the prime minister implemented reforms to try to increase production and creativity.

Question 4

What role did the central committee play in the communist party?

Answer 4

In theory was supposed to be the key decision making body of the communist party comprised of between 40-30 members, this size made it unwieldy this function was exercised by the politburo in its behalf.

Question 5

What did Khrushchev rename to politburo to as part of the process of de-Stalinisation.

Answer 5

Politburo to presidium.

Question 6

Nikolai Bukharin was a threat to Stalin how.

Answer 6

Described by Lenin as the golden boy of the party, was young and very intelligent but lacked political knowledge.

Question 7

What did the left wing faction in the party want.

Answer 7

Left wing faction was internationalist wanting the achieve a permanent revolution were all countries would flip to Communism therefore meaning the revolution could not be undone.

Question 8

How did Mikhail Tomsky pose a threat to Stalin?

Answer 8

Leading figure amount the trade unions,lost influence when Lenin decreased the power of the trade unions.

Question 9

What were the two main factions in the party that Stalin was able to exploit to gain power.

Answer 9

Left wing and right wing.

Question 10

What did the right wing faction within the party want?

Answer 10

To uphold Lenin’s new economic policy (NEP)

Question 11

How did Alexei Rykov pose a threat to Stalin’s power?

Answer 11

Succeed Lenin as the head of the Sovnarkom however he had a serious drinking issue.

Question 12

How did Gregory Zinoviev pose a threat to Stalins power?

Answer 12

He had worked closely with Lenin, had a strong power base as party secretary for Leningrad. Skilled orator.

Question 12

Name some reforms that still happened under Brezhnev.

Answer 12

.in 1973 major industrial complexes were joined together with scientific research institutions to ensure that the latest technology was being used.

Question 13

How did Lev Kamenev pose a threat to Stalin’s power?

Answer 13

Party secretary accused of having a lack of principal.

Question 15

Instruments of terror were….

Answer 15

.party secretariat which gathered information on party members to use against them.
.The secret police who carried surveillance and Executions.

Question 16

What role did the central executive committee play within the communist party?

Answer 16

Oversaw government administration and law making on behalf of the All Russian congress of soviets. In practice was largely a rubber stamping body for decisions made by the sovnarkom.

Question 17

What role did the politburo play within the communist party?

Answer 17

The politburo was the supreme decision making body within the communist party made up of a inner group of party leaders, it’s decisions were then passed onto the sovnarkom for implementation. Members of the politburo were elected by the central committee.

Question 18

What role did the sovnarkom hold in the Soviet government?

Answer 18

The sovnarkom was a council of people’s commisars who were were members of the communist party, they were elected by the politburo.

Question 19

Towards the fall of the USSR suggest some factors which encouraged the growth of nationalism within the various republics.

Answer 19

Issues such as river diversion and pollution was a rallying point for the local people in the Baltic states.

Question 20

How was Brezhnev’s “mature socialism different to the policies of his forbearers?

Answer 20

The previous leaders at least gave lip-service to the Marxist ideals of working towards a better society whereas Brezhnev claimed that it’d being reached as such this was a reason to not implement any new reforms.

Question 21

Whŷ was the command economy proving to by inefficient by Gorbachev’s tenure?

Answer 21

There was no supply and demand in the Soviet economy as all production was planned by the government as such it do be very not effective
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