Chapter 3 - Purges, Show Trials, CoS, Revision of History

Question 1

When was Kirov assasinated

Answer 1

1 December 1934

Question 2

When were the Show Trials?

Answer 2

1936 - 1939

Question 3

Who were targeted by the Show Trials and the purges?

Answer 3

Zinoviev
Kamenev
Trotsky’s allies
Wider Communist Party members
Armed Forces

Question 4

How many people were executed in the Gulag of Butovo

Answer 4

20,000

Question 5

How many arrests did the purges lead to

Answer 5

7 - 8 million

Question 6

How many executions did the purges lead to

Answer 6

1 - 1.5 million

Question 7

How many deaths were there in the gulags

Answer 7

2 million

Question 8

How many people were sent to Gulags overall

Answer 8

7 - 8 millionW

Question 9

What were some political impacts of the purges

Answer 9

All potential threat was crushed:
- Old Bolsheviks (opposition)
- Wider Communist party (may have gone against Stalin)
- The Military (had the power to remove Stalin)
- Ordinary people ( general discontent may grow into something more)

Question 10

Key Features of Soviet Propaganda

Answer 10

Cult of Personality
Pro-Stalin history
Brainwashing the youth
Approved form of culture - socialist realism
1936 Constitution

Question 11

What did the 1936 Constitution promise

Answer 11

• Job
• Paid Holidays
• Health Care
• Education
• Housing
• Freedom of Religion