Changes to the Role of the Secret Police During WWII Flashcards
(628 cards)
1
Q
What did the approach of WWII trigger in the power of the secret police?
A
A strengthening
2
Q
What were the secret police given in 1941, due to WWII?
A
Some powers of supervision of Red Army:
Dealing with desertions
Monitoring disloyalty
3
Q
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
A
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
4
Q
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
A
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
5
Q
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
A
1943
6
Q
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
A
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
7
Q
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
A
Shot
Gulag
8
Q
Branch of the secret police Root out hostile elements in Red Army Acronym based on “death to spies” Created 1943 Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
A
SMERSH
9
Q
describe SMERSH
A
Branch of the secret police Root out hostile elements in Red Army Acronym based on “death to spies” Created 1943 Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
10
Q
When was SMERSH created?
A
1943
11
Q
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
A
“death to spies”
12
Q
What was the job of SMERSH?
A
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
13
Q
SMERSH became a branch of?
A
The KGB
14
Q
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
A
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
15
Q
Which order treated all troops who had surrendered to Germans in the initial invasion as traitors?
A
Order 270
16
Q
What happened to returning prisoners of war during WWII?
A
They were automatically held in detention camps run by secret police
Some were used to clear enemy mindfields by walking across them.
17
Q
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
A
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
18
Q
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
A
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
19
Q
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
A
1943
20
Q
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
A
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
21
Q
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
A
Shot
Gulag
22
Q
Branch of the secret police Root out hostile elements in Red Army Acronym based on “death to spies” Created 1943 Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
A
SMERSH
23
Q
describe SMERSH
A
Branch of the secret police Root out hostile elements in Red Army Acronym based on “death to spies” Created 1943 Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
24
Q
When was SMERSH created?
A
1943
25
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
26
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
27
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
28
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
29
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
30
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
31
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
32
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
33
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
34
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
35
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
36
When was SMERSH created?
1943
37
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
38
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
39
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
40
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
41
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
42
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
43
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
44
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
45
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
46
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
47
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
48
When was SMERSH created?
1943
49
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
50
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
51
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
52
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
53
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
54
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
55
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
56
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
57
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
58
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
59
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
60
When was SMERSH created?
1943
61
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
62
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
63
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
64
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
65
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
66
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
67
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
68
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
69
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
70
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
71
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
72
When was SMERSH created?
1943
73
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
74
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
75
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
76
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
77
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
78
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
79
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
80
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
81
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
82
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
83
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
84
When was SMERSH created?
1943
85
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
86
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
87
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
88
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
89
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
90
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
91
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
92
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
93
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
94
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
95
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
96
When was SMERSH created?
1943
97
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
98
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
99
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
100
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
101
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
102
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
103
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
104
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
105
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
106
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
107
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
108
When was SMERSH created?
1943
109
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
110
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
111
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
112
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
113
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
114
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
115
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
116
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
117
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
118
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
119
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
120
When was SMERSH created?
1943
121
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
122
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
123
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
124
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
125
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
126
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
127
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
128
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
129
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
130
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
131
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
132
When was SMERSH created?
1943
133
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
134
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
135
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
136
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
137
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
138
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
139
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
140
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
141
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
142
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
143
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
144
When was SMERSH created?
1943
145
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
146
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
147
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
148
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
149
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
150
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
151
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
152
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
153
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
154
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
155
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
156
When was SMERSH created?
1943
157
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
158
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
159
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
160
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
161
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
162
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
163
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
164
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
165
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
166
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
167
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
168
When was SMERSH created?
1943
169
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
170
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
171
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
172
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
173
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
174
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
175
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
176
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
177
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
178
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
179
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
180
When was SMERSH created?
1943
181
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
182
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
183
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
184
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
185
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
186
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
187
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
188
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
189
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
190
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
191
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
192
When was SMERSH created?
1943
193
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
194
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
195
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
196
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
197
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
198
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
199
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
200
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
201
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
202
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
203
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
204
When was SMERSH created?
1943
205
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
206
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
207
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
208
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
209
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
210
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
211
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
212
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
213
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
214
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
215
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
216
When was SMERSH created?
1943
217
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
218
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
219
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
220
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
221
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
222
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
223
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
224
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
225
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
226
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
227
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
228
When was SMERSH created?
1943
229
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
230
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
231
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
232
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
233
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
234
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
235
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
236
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
237
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
238
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
239
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
240
When was SMERSH created?
1943
241
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
242
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
243
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
244
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
245
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
246
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
247
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
248
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
249
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
250
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
251
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
252
When was SMERSH created?
1943
253
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
254
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
255
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
256
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
257
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
258
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
259
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
260
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
261
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
262
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
263
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
264
When was SMERSH created?
1943
265
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
266
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
267
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
268
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
269
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
270
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
271
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
272
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
273
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
274
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
275
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
276
When was SMERSH created?
1943
277
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
278
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
279
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
280
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
281
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
282
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
283
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
284
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
285
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
286
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
287
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
288
When was SMERSH created?
1943
289
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
290
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
291
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
292
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
293
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
294
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
295
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
296
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
297
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
298
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
299
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
300
When was SMERSH created?
1943
301
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
302
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
303
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
304
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
305
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
306
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
307
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
308
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
309
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
310
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
311
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
312
When was SMERSH created?
1943
313
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
314
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
315
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
316
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
317
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
318
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
319
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
320
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
321
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
322
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
323
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
324
When was SMERSH created?
1943
325
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
326
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
327
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
328
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
329
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
330
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
331
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
332
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
333
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
334
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
335
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
336
When was SMERSH created?
1943
337
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
338
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
339
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
340
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
341
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
342
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
343
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
344
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
345
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
346
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
347
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
348
When was SMERSH created?
1943
349
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
350
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
351
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
352
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
353
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
354
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
355
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
356
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
357
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
358
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
359
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
360
When was SMERSH created?
1943
361
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
362
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
363
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
364
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
365
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
366
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
367
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
368
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
369
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
370
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
371
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
372
When was SMERSH created?
1943
373
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
374
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
375
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
376
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
377
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
378
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
379
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
380
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
381
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
382
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
383
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
384
When was SMERSH created?
1943
385
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
386
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
387
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
388
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
389
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
390
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
391
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
392
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
393
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
394
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
395
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
396
When was SMERSH created?
1943
397
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
398
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
399
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
400
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
401
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
402
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
403
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
404
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
405
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
406
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
407
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
408
When was SMERSH created?
1943
409
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
410
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
411
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
412
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
413
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
414
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
415
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
416
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
417
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
418
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
419
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
420
When was SMERSH created?
1943
421
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
422
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
423
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
424
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
425
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
426
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
427
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
428
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
429
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
430
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
431
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
432
When was SMERSH created?
1943
433
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
434
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
435
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
436
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
437
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
438
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
439
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
440
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
441
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
442
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
443
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
444
When was SMERSH created?
1943
445
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
446
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
447
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
448
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
449
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
450
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
451
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
452
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
453
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
454
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
455
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
456
When was SMERSH created?
1943
457
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
458
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
459
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
460
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
461
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
462
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
463
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
464
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
465
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
466
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
467
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
468
When was SMERSH created?
1943
469
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
470
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
471
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
472
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
473
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
474
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
475
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
476
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
477
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
478
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
479
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
480
When was SMERSH created?
1943
481
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
482
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
483
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
484
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
485
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
486
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
487
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
488
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
489
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
490
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
491
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
492
When was SMERSH created?
1943
493
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
494
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
495
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
496
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
497
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
498
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
499
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
500
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
501
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
502
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
503
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
504
When was SMERSH created?
1943
505
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
506
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
507
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
508
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
509
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
510
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
511
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
512
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
513
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
514
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
515
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
516
When was SMERSH created?
1943
517
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
518
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
519
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
520
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
521
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
522
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
523
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
524
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
525
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
526
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
527
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
528
When was SMERSH created?
1943
529
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
530
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
531
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
532
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
533
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
534
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
535
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
536
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
537
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
538
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
539
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
540
When was SMERSH created?
1943
541
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
542
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
543
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
544
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
545
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
546
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
547
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
548
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
549
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
550
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
551
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
552
When was SMERSH created?
1943
553
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
554
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
555
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
556
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
557
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
558
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
559
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
560
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
561
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
562
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
563
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
564
When was SMERSH created?
1943
565
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
566
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
567
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
568
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
569
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
570
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
571
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
572
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
573
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
574
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
575
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
576
When was SMERSH created?
1943
577
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
578
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
579
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
580
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
581
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
582
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
583
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
584
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
585
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
586
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
587
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
588
When was SMERSH created?
1943
589
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
590
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
591
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
592
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
593
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
594
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
595
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
596
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
597
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
598
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
599
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
600
When was SMERSH created?
1943
601
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
602
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
603
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
604
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
605
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
606
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
607
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
608
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
609
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
610
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
611
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
612
When was SMERSH created?
1943
613
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
614
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
615
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
616
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
617
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
NKVD was given control over DEPORTATIONS of NATIONAL MINORITIES whose loyalty to soviet state was suspect.
Including?
Crimean Tartars
Volga Germans
Chechens
618
Changes to the role of SP during WWII:
How were the NKVD deportations of suspect national minorities conducted?
By TROIKAS (powers outside law)
Harsh, forcible removal to designated areas
619
By what year did the Red Army begin to overrun areas previously captured by the Germans?
1943
620
What did Beria set up in areas recaptured from Germans during WWII?
Special departments to root out:
Traitors
Dissidents
Cowards
621
You’re a soviet soldier suspected of cooperation with the Germans in 1943, after the Red Army have recaptured your territory from the Germans.
You’re suspected of cooperation with the Germans. What’s going to happen to you?
Shot
| Gulag
622
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
SMERSH
623
describe SMERSH
```
Branch of the secret police
Root out hostile elements in Red Army
Acronym based on “death to spies”
Created 1943
Became branch of KGB- main job to arrange assassinations of opponents and dissidents
```
624
When was SMERSH created?
1943
625
What was SMERSH an acronym for?
“death to spies”
626
What was the job of SMERSH?
To root out hostile elements in the Red Army— deal with suspected spies.
Arrange assassinations of dissidents and opponents
627
SMERSH became a branch of?
The KGB
628
How many died in the mass murder that SMERSH is probably involved in? Nationality? Rank?
Where was the murder?
When?
Over 4,000 polish officers
Katyn
1943
