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Question 1

Under Stalin what percentage of those in the Central Committee ended up being shot/purged?

Answer 1

70%

Question 2

By 1960 how many political prisoners were there in Russia?

Answer 2

11000

Question 3

How many copies did Ilya Ehrenburg’s The Thaw (1954) sell in one day?

Answer 3

45,000

Question 4

How many prisoners were released within 3 months of the March 1953 decree on amnesty?

Answer 4

1.5 million

Question 5

How many prisoners were declared innocent by Khrushchev’s regime?

Answer 5

960,000 1/3 of them

Question 6

Gulag population in 1953 vs 1958

Answer 6

2.57 million vs 722,000

Question 7

1962 Novocherkassk revolt how many people were killed and executed?

Answer 7

24 killed and 9 ringleaders executed

Question 8

How many sovnarkhozes were introduced in 1957?

Answer 8

105

Question 9

How many sovnarkhozes existed in 1962?

Answer 9

47

Question 10

Between 1953 - 56 how much did grain procurement increase by?

Answer 10

25%

Question 11

How many in the Komsomol volunteered in the Virgin Land Campaigns?

Answer 11

250,000

Question 12

By 1956 how many hectares were opened up by Virgin Land Campaign?

Answer 12

36 million hectares same size as Canada’s Arable land

Question 13

Investment vs return 1954-58

Answer 13

Invested 30.7 million roubles returned 48.8 billion roubles of grain

Question 14

By 1960 what percentage of land had lost its topsoil?

Answer 14

10% of all land opened up by Virgin Land Campaigns

Question 15

1963 harvest evidence

Answer 15

3% of land which was private produced 30% of grain

Question 16

How much grain did Khrushchev need to import from the west in 1963-64?

Answer 16

11 million tonnes

Question 17

Coal production 1955 vs 1964

Answer 17

1955-391 million tonnes
1964-578 million tonnes

Question 18

Tractor production 1955 vs 1964

Answer 18

1955-314,000
1965-804,000

Question 19

During Khrushchev’s reign how much did urban incomes rise?

Answer 19

3% annually

Question 20

Percentage of world’s railway was Russian 1955 vs 1964

Answer 20

1955- 4.5%
1964-19%

Question 21

How much property did the average urban worker have at the start of Khrushchev’s rule?

Answer 21

4.5m2

Question 22

How much did Khrushchev aim but fail to increase the average urban dwellers property?

Answer 22

10m2

Question 23

What did the 1956 minimum wage make the minimum urban and rural wages?

Answer 23

Urban-350 roubles per month
Rural- 270 roubles per month

Question 24

What was the effect of the abolition of compulsory savings bonds in 1958?

Answer 24

Freed up billions of roubles for consumer spending

Question 25

What happened to old age pensions between 1955-58?

Answer 25

2x

Question 26

What did Khrushchev do to maternity leave?

Answer 26

Reinstated 1938 law that mothers get 112 days off which Stalin removed.

Question 27

In 1960 Khrushchev started the working week and 1962 the weekend what were the working hours under Stalin?

Answer 27

48 hours

Question 28

Between 1949-1957 how many East Germans flew west to Berlin?

Answer 28

2 million

Question 29

By 1961 how many East Germans were fleeing west everyday?

Answer 29

1000

Question 30

Lack of consumer goods proof

Answer 30

1977 - 10% of Russian households had a Tv