Class Issues Flashcards

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What was the classless society?

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Class titles were abolished
Former people were forced into menial of tasks
During the Civil War, Russians were allocated according to class
Following some relaxation of policy, during the years of the NEP class, class based attacks continued under Stalin

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2
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What was the Communist aim?

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To create the socialist man

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After 1918, what was implemented with the workers?

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Workers could not leave their jobs and could be imprisoned or shot for missing targets

Unions became a means of controlling the workers living and working conditions remain grim through NEP and worsened because of collectivisation and the drive towards industrialisation

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From 1931 onwards, why was industrialisation good for the workers

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Industrialisation created better opportunities and propaganda campaign is increased socialist competition
Education improved the purchase created vacancies at higher levels and social mobility increased

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Where is industrialisation bad for the workers?

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Living conditions still remain for wages remained low and market prices high

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Expectations of woman before the revolution 1917

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Peasant women have been mainly expected to look after the household and children they had no legal rights of privileges

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Decrease regarding woman in 1917

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Remove church influence, facilitate a divorce and legalised
Gave women the right to work
Gave girls, the same education rises boys

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Stalin’s policies in the 1930s

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The family was portrayed as all-important a woman by car to give up paid appointment when they married

Marriage was encouraged divorce. An abortion were attacked. Adultery became a criminal, offence and contraception was banned.

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Positives regarding woman in the 1930s

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The number of women in work or education group helped by an increase in state nurseries and child clinics

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Education under Lenins leadership

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Free education was provided at all levels in co- education, schools

New secondary schools, combined general education of vocational training

Traditional learn, it was combined with physical work

Physical punishment was banned

Some freedom, creativity and individualism were permitted

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Educational policies under Stalin

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Education for all was abandoned, some single sex schools were reintroduce

Although practical work was encouraged for the last able, the emphasis was on form of teaching to develop industrial skills

Collective farms or town enterprise is responsible for many schools

Original traditional curriculum was in forced

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What organisation was formed in 1918

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A young Communist league for youngsters age from 14 to 21 years. A junior section followed in 1922.

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13
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What was the youth organisation rename

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Komosomol

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What was the Komsomol like under Stalin’s rule?

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It grew in both membership and influence. It took Communist values the clubs community centres in camps, and it had its own newspaper.

It was closely linked to the Communist Party to watch became directly affiliated in 1939

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What are those was taken by the Komsomol members

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An oath to live study and fight for the fatherland, they were uniform and helped carry out party campaigns

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Religion in 1917 to 1918

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Freedom of worship, but

Churchlands ceased
Schools transfer to the state
Civil marriage and registration established
Church and state separated

17
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Religion during the Civil War

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Many priests starved
Muslim property confiscated

18
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Religion from, 1921

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Teaching of religion in schools band
Church property transfer to the state
Church officials forced to agree to keep out of politics
Churches ransacked

19
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Religion during Stalin from 1929 to 41

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Worship restricted
New six-day week had no Sunday
Muslim practices restricted
1936 constitution, criminalised, religious propaganda
By 1941 around 65,000 churches and mosques have been converted into other buildings

20
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What is the Communist abolished in 1917?

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Anti-semitic laws encourage national languages, and granted representation within the party to the major nationality is

21
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What were the Jews given?

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In 1926, so we given a national homeland

22
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What was Stalin same in the 1930s

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To create a single Soviet identity involving a greater centralisation and less tolerance. Leaders of the republics had to follow the path set out in Moscow.

23
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What happened to non-Russians during the 1930s

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They were deported within the Soviet union and anti-semitic attitudes revived

24
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What was implemented from 1938

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Learning Russian was compulsory in schools and Russian was the only language used in the red army

25
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How did Lenin use propaganda

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Used it to convert people to socialism. Strong, visual messages were a powerful way of appealing to illiterate peasants

26
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How did Stalin use propaganda

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He exploited his own propaganda machine to gain support for collectivisation and industrialisation

The socialist message was reinforced by images of happy, productive workers while heroes were praised as role models

27
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What did Stalins propaganda reinforce ?

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His own position, portraying him as mighty, all knowing leader and a natural successor to Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin

28
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What was the cultural change after the revolution

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Greater free from allowing culture to thrive

Freedom of expression was encouraged and the 1920s became the silver age of Russian literature

29
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Stalinist era regarding culture

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He reversed the developments from the revolution

The visual and performant g arts were seen as valuable only if they supported the creation of ‘socialist man’

30
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What was culture like from 1932 ?

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Writers, musicians, artists and film makers had to belong to unions which controlled their output

Worriers and other artists were expected to depict social realism

Namely uplifting vision of soviet life in the socialist future