Purges

Question 0

Give evidence for the point one reason the purges were carried out were to gain control over the Communist Party

Answer 0

Many of the Bolsheviks who had been equals under Lenin were still around and Stalin saw then as a potential rivals

Question 1

Give one point as to why Stalin carried out the purges

Answer 1

One reason for the purges was Stalin wanted to gain control over the Communist party

Question 2

What effect did the purges have give another point

Answer 2

One reason for the purges was Stalin needed free labour to grow the economy

Question 3

Give evidence for the point one reason for the purges was was Stalin needed free labour to grow the economy

Answer 3

By 1928 the Russian economy had still not recovered to the production levels of 1913 and was falling further behind the economy’s of country’s in Western Europe.