Lenin

Question 1

what problems about work were there under Lenin’s rule (L)

Answer 1

very high unemployment levels

Question 2

what change to employment did War Communism bring (L)

Answer 2

september 1918 enforced compulsory work, every worker got a word card which allocated them food rations

Question 3

who organised the rationing (L)

Answer 3

Prodraspred

Question 4

at the height of rationing how many products did people have access to (L)

Answer 4

36

Question 5

at the height of rationing how many people had ration cards (L)

Answer 5

22 million

Question 6

who got the largest rations (L)

Answer 6

the workers, the higher the class the less rations you got

Question 7

what percentage of metal and chemical workers were unemployed in Petrograd in March 1918 (L)

Answer 7

75%

Question 8

where did workers get free transport (L)

Answer 8

Moscow and Petrograd

Question 9

where did workers eat (L)

Answer 9

communal dining halls

Question 10

when was the right to refuse employment lost (L)

Answer 10

september 1918

Question 11

who lost the right to refuse employment (L)

Answer 11

able bodied men aged 16-50

Question 12

what effect did the NEP have on employment (L)

Answer 12

increased unemployment

Question 13

what impact did the NEP have on crèches (L)

Answer 13

no longer made them free

Question 14

what was the state of housing under Lenin

Answer 14

people lived in single rooms of large houses, 1918 houses were seized from previous owners

Question 15

when was collective living available (L)

Answer 15

1920s

Question 16

what effect did the civil war have on housing (L)

Answer 16

reduced housing since it was destroyed

Question 17

what effect did the NEP have on housing (L)

Answer 17

60-80% of urban housing was denationalised

Question 18

what was the effect of the NEP on housing (L)

Answer 18

whole families shared 1 room

Question 19

what was zhenotdel (L)

Answer 19

the women’s department of the communist party

Question 20

when was zhenotdel created (L)

Answer 20

1919

Question 21

what did the zhenotdel do (L)

Answer 21

recruited women for nursing and food distribution

Question 22

in 1918 was percentage of party members were women (L)

Answer 22

10%

Question 23

when were women given the vote (L)

Answer 23

1917

Question 24

what types of jobs did women have in government (L)

Answer 24

ones that reflected gender stereotypes

Question 25

name the types of jobs women had in government (L)

Answer 25

commissariat for social welfare, health or education

Question 26

what percentage of delegates to party congress were women in 1918 (L)

Answer 26

5%

Question 27

what study areas were set up for women under Lenin

Answer 27

women’s reading rooms

Question 28

what economic change did the NEP make to women’s roles (L)

Answer 28

the government stopped funding crèches or day care facilities, prioritising industry instead of

Question 29

under the NEP how many female tractor drivers were there (L)

Answer 29

8

Question 30

i’m 1914 what percentage of the population could read and write (L)

Answer 30

32%

Question 31

name all the aspects of women’s life the Zhenotdel ensured (L)

Answer 31

access to abortion, contraception, legalised prostitution, equal rights to divorce, access to education

Question 32

what was postcard divorce (L)

Answer 32

1926 a marriage could be ended by simply sending a letter (allows women to escape abuse)

Question 33

when was the decree on illiteracy (L)

Answer 33

1919

Question 34

what was the decree on illiteracy (L)

Answer 34

people had to learn to read and write

Question 35

by 1925 what percentage of the red army were literate (L)

Answer 35

100%

Question 36

how many textbooks did the government issue under the civil war (L)

Answer 36

65 million

Question 37

what was the problem with the textbooks the government issued out under the civil war (L)

Answer 37

people recognised the letters but were not literate

Question 38

what problem did the civil war bring to education (L)

Answer 38

military victory and the economy was prioritised over education meaning that in 1920 there was 1 pencil for every 60 students

Question 39

in 1920 what was the ratio of pencils to students (L)

Answer 39

1:60

Question 40

when were fees for primary school abolished (L)

Answer 40

1927

Question 41

in 1928 what percentage of primary aged children were in school (L)

Answer 41

60%

Question 42

what was the difference between primary school children in towns and cities for how long they stayed in school (L)

Answer 42

urban - full 4 years rural - 3 years (left early)

Question 43

what effect did the NEP have on education (L)

Answer 43

introduced fees for primary and secondary education

Question 44

what effect did the October 1918 decree have on sexondary schools (L)

Answer 44

introduced unified labour schools which were free for children aged 8-17

Question 45

what was secondary education like under lenin

Answer 45

vocational, teaches ideals of the revolution

Question 46

for secondary education what percentages of middle and working class children began and completed school (L)

Answer 46

middle - 90% start 25% complete working - 40% start 3% complete

Question 47

what was university like under lenin

Answer 47

open to everyone, free

Question 48

what was university like under lenin

Answer 48

open to everyone, free

Question 49

in 1928 what percentage of children got 4 years education in total

Answer 49

60%

Question 50

what level of literacy was there for the whole population by 1928

Answer 50

55%

Question 51

overall what issues with education were there under lenin

Answer 51

inequalities in gender and class and regional

Question 52

during the civil war how many women fought in the red army (L)

Answer 52

700,000