Communist Russia🇷🇺🏭

Question 1

After WW1, under the leadership of Vlademir Lenin, Russian became the first ……..

Answer 1

Communist state

Question 2

……… ………. took over from Lenin and used terror and …………… to keep control of a strong communist Russia.

Answer 2

Josef Stalin
Propaganda

Question 3

Russias poor performance in WW1 prompted riots and strikes and ……………….. was forced to step down in 1917.

Answer 3

Tsar Nicholas II

Question 4

The tsar and his family were ……… in a house far from the capital.

Answer 4

Imprisoned

Question 5

Lenin and his followers were called ……

Answer 5

Bolsheviks

Question 6

The Bolshevik party believed in………..

Answer 6

Communism

Question 7

Communism

Answer 7

A system of government where the state controls all aspects of the economy ( property, business and jobs) and of society, with limited rights for individuals.

Question 8

Who was Vlademir Lenin?

Answer 8

He came to power after the Tsar and set up the USSRZ and communist russia

Question 9

All political parties other than the bolsheviks were…….

Answer 9

Banned

Question 10

Lenin negotiated a …….. …….. with Germany that ended Russias involvement in WW1

Answer 10

Peace treaty

Question 11

Russia was renamed the …….

Answer 11

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

Question 12

What did Lenin say about Stalin in his Testament?

Answer 12

He wanted Stalin moved from his position and was very critical of him.

Question 13

Lenin died without a named ………

Answer 13

Successor

Question 14

Initially who was most likely to take Lenin’s spot?

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Leon Trotsky

Question 15

Why did people then think Stalin was now Lenin’s successor?

Answer 15

Because he arranged his funeral and gave a speech

Question 16

In 1927 Stalin started a scheme called?

Answer 16

Collectivisation

Question 17

Collectivisation

Answer 17

The joining of small, unproductive farms together to create large state-owned farms

Question 18

If farmers refused to surrender their land to Stalin where were they sent?

Answer 18

To gulags

Question 19

Kulaks

Answer 19

Wealthy independent farmers

Question 20

Gulags

Answer 20

Forced labour camps

Question 21

Stalin launched 3 ….. ….. ….. to boost industrialisation

Answer 21

Five - Year Plans

Question 22

Five - Year plan

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Set of targets and policies designed to meet them , over a period of five years.

Question 23

Stalin was a …….

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Dictator

Question 24

Dictator

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Someone who has gained almost total control over their country and uses a variety of means, especially terror and propaganda to hold onto power.

Question 25

Stalins use of ……. became a part of life in the USSR

Answer 25

terror

Question 26

Cheka

Answer 26

Secret police

Question 27

Cheka were renamed the ?

Answer 27

NKVD

Question 28

What did the NKVD do?

Answer 28

Arrested or tortured ‘enemies of the state’

Question 29

The NKVD ran the ……

Answer 29

Gulags

Question 30

Show trial

Answer 30

A staged trial held in public to influence popular opinion

Question 31

Stalin held the show trials to…?

Answer 31

Expel anyone who he believed was challenging his authority

Question 32

The Communist Party newspaper was called…?

Answer 32

Pravda ‘truth’

Question 33

Propaganda : Posters and works of art had to present the happy idea of a …….. country with a happy workforce, demonstrating the greatness of the ………. and …….

Answer 33

Successful USSR Communism

Question 34

Stalin created a ‘cult of personality ‘ around himself and became a ……..

Answer 34

Godlike figure

Question 35

Cities and streets were ….

Answer 35

Named after stalin

Question 36

Those declared enemies of the state were sometimes …… or removed from all ………. as if they never ……..

Answer 36

Airbrushed out of photos Records Existed

Question 37

Propaganda was also used in ….

Answer 37

Schools

Question 38

Stalin made attending school …… to improve efficiency in the ……..

Answer 38

Compulsory Workplace

Question 39

Children were to learn how to be the greatest possible ….. …. ….. …..

Answer 39

Service to their country

Question 40

Youth organisations such as the ……. ……… were founded to convince the youth of the importance of …….

Answer 40

Young Communists Communism

Question 41

Under Lenin the status of Russian women ………… a lot

Answer 41

Improved

Question 42

Stalin was more conservative and wanted the ….. ….. to be high

Answer 42

Birth rate

Question 43

Why did Stalin want the birth rate to be high?

Answer 43

Because the USSR would need many children to build up its workforce and army

Question 44

Divorce was discourage and contraception and abortion were made …..

Answer 44

Illegal

Question 45

Mothers received a …….. for having nine or more children

Answer 45

Medal