Soviets and Control

Question 1

What were the social consequences of soviet occupation1946-1955?

Answer 1

• Transition to a communist society
• communist ideology promoted
• stalinisation (e.g. propaganda, statues, cult of personality)
• border changes (e.g. Poland, Germany)
• police state (censorship and secret police)

Question 2

What were the economic consequences of soviet occupation1946-1955?

Answer 2

• transition to a communist society
• nationalisation of all private industries
• increase in production targets
• comecon
• cominform

Question 3

How big was the statue of Stalin in Prague?

Answer 3

17,000 tonnes

Question 4

What were the wealthy expected to have in their homes?

Answer 4

‘Stalin rooms’ with stalin art

Question 5

Which towns and cities were renamed after Stalin?

Answer 5

Stalingrod in Poland and Stalinstadt in East Germany

Question 6

What were the countries in the soviet bloc expected to celebrate in December?

Answer 6

Stalin’s birthday

Question 7

What was the secret police in Hungary called?

Answer 7

the AVH

Question 8

When did the AVH operate?

Answer 8

1945-1956

Question 9

How many employees did the AVH have?

Answer 9

30000

Question 10

What did the AVH do?

Answer 10

used torture in interrogations and conducted show trials

Question 11

What was the GDR’s secret police called?

Answer 11

the Stasi

Question 12

How many members did the stasi have?

Answer 12

over 100,000

Question 13

What did the stasi have?

Answer 13

an espionage unit to spy on non-communists

Question 14

Who oversaw the stasi?

Answer 14

the KGB

Question 15

What did the Stasi do in 1953?

Answer 15

conducted a show trial against 5 informers to a West Berlin Radio Station and then executed them all

Question 16

Why were state-run mass organisations set up in eastern europe?

Answer 16

to develop the core values of the core values

Question 17

What did the GDR’s DTSB do?

Answer 17

organised associations for almost every sport, including swimming and gymnastics

Question 18

When was the League of Polish women set up?

Answer 18

1945

Question 19

What was the purpose of the League of Polish women?

Answer 19

to mobilise women in the political ideology of the state and enforce the party’s policy within gender roles/

Question 20

What happened to groups that didn’t comply with communist rules and ideologeis?

Answer 20

they were oppressed

Question 21

Who were the Youth Congregation and what happened to them?

Answer 21

A protestant GDR group (the JG) who were persecuted by the SED. 3000 were expelled from high schools for allegiance to the JG. They were allowed back in 1953

Question 22

What were SovRoms?

Answer 22

Soviet-Romanian tax-exempt companies that allowed the USSR to control Romania’s major resources.

Question 23

How many tonnes of uranium were sent to the USSR with the SovRoms

Answer 23

17288

Question 24

What percentage of oil drilling war SovRompetrol responsible for?

Answer 24

0.37

Question 25

How many political prisoner were forced to work for SovRoms?

Answer 25

15000

Question 26

What did Comecon do?

Answer 26

Set up in response the the Marshall Plan, it coordinated economic policy by managing trade and exports of resources in an economic alliance

Question 27

What percentage of Czechoslovakian imports came from other comecon member countries?

Answer 27

0.68

Question 28

What did the GDR's banks claim about the ostmark?

Answer 28

it was of equal value to the DM. Other countries didn't recognise this.

Question 29

On the black market, what was the value of 1 DM in Ostmarks?

Answer 29

50

Question 30

What happened with nationalised businesses?

Answer 30

production targets were increased, but wages stagnated

Question 31

Poland: when was the KRN statute passed?

Answer 31

3rd January 1946

Question 32

Poland: What did the KRN stature say?

Answer 32

the state would take over enterprises that employed over 50 people. The polish or foreign (not german) owners would be pain compensation

Question 33

Poland: how many enterprises were nationalised by 1948?

Answer 33

5870

Question 34

How much did Ulbricht increase production targets by to cause the East German Uprising?

Answer 34

0.1

Question 35

Why were production targets increased in communist countries?

Answer 35

increased production targets benefited the USSR more

Question 36

What is the definition of collectivisation?

Answer 36

agriculture is collectively owned and controlled

Question 37

What percentage of agricultural land in Hungary was collectivised?

Answer 37

0.95

Question 38

Why was the collectivisation of agricultural land in Hungary a problem?

Answer 38

the 5 year plan promed 11 billion credits as compensation, but by 1953, less than half had been given. Peasants were unable to invest in their own farms and collectivisation began to fail

Question 39

What percentage of wealthy farmers in the GDR fled as a result of collectivisation?

Answer 39

0.4

Question 40

When the wealthy farmers fled the GDR, how many hectares of farmland were left unused?

Answer 40

750000

Question 41

When were the farms in Romania collectivised?

Answer 41

1948

Question 42

When were the farms in Bulgaria collectivised?

Answer 42

1945