AQA GCSE History: Russia, 1894-1945 -
Tsardom to Communism
During the Great Terror, when did arrests happen and what happened after one was arrested - - Middle
of the night; victims were rarely told what they were accused of.
- Days of physical and psycological torture until they would confess to anything
Give 3 things Stalin did in terms of propaganda and censorship? - - Lots of portraits, photo's and statues
with him, with streets named after him
- Religious worship banned; he wanted people to worship him
- Smaller scale projects, with lots of libraries, sports and leisure facilities built
How did Stalin trick Trotsky? - He told him the wrong date of the funeral
How did the Soviet people view Stalin? - As a dictator of the people
How many army officers were removed in the Great Terror? - 25,000 officers (1 in 5)
How many communist party members were executed or sent to the gulag? - 500,000
In 1939, how many people were in gulags? - Around 3 million
Name 3 War Communism policies - - All large factories were taken over by the government.
- Production was planned and organised by the government.
- Discipline for workers was strict and strikers could be shot.
- Peasants had to hand over surplus food to the government. If they didn't, they
could be shot.
- Food was rationed.
- Free enterprise became illegal, all production and trade was controlled by
, the state.
Name 4 aims of Stalin in terms of modernising Russia? - - Increase military strength
- Rival economies of USA and other capitalist countries
- Increase food supplies
- Create a Communist Society
- Establish his reputation
Name the candidates for after Lenin died - Stalin, Trotsky, Zinoviev, Kamenev and Bukharin
Were other political parties allowed under Stalin? - No
What caused the Kronstadt Rebellion? - Bolshevik policies
What did The New Economic Policy of 1921 do? - It allowed small businesses to reopen for private profit
- peasants were allowed to sell surplus
grain for profit and would pay tax on what they produced rather than giving some
of it up to the government and in towns small factories were handed back into private ownership and
private
trading of small goods was allowed.
What did War Communism Cause - Food shortages and a famine in which 7 million died
What happened as a result of collectivisation? - Food production fell under these conditions and there
was a
famine in 1932-33.
What happened during the Kronstadt rising? - Sailors on two of the leading battleships
drew up a list of fifteen demands for the
Bolsheviks. In response, Trotsky sent
Tsardom to Communism
During the Great Terror, when did arrests happen and what happened after one was arrested - - Middle
of the night; victims were rarely told what they were accused of.
- Days of physical and psycological torture until they would confess to anything
Give 3 things Stalin did in terms of propaganda and censorship? - - Lots of portraits, photo's and statues
with him, with streets named after him
- Religious worship banned; he wanted people to worship him
- Smaller scale projects, with lots of libraries, sports and leisure facilities built
How did Stalin trick Trotsky? - He told him the wrong date of the funeral
How did the Soviet people view Stalin? - As a dictator of the people
How many army officers were removed in the Great Terror? - 25,000 officers (1 in 5)
How many communist party members were executed or sent to the gulag? - 500,000
In 1939, how many people were in gulags? - Around 3 million
Name 3 War Communism policies - - All large factories were taken over by the government.
- Production was planned and organised by the government.
- Discipline for workers was strict and strikers could be shot.
- Peasants had to hand over surplus food to the government. If they didn't, they
could be shot.
- Food was rationed.
- Free enterprise became illegal, all production and trade was controlled by
, the state.
Name 4 aims of Stalin in terms of modernising Russia? - - Increase military strength
- Rival economies of USA and other capitalist countries
- Increase food supplies
- Create a Communist Society
- Establish his reputation
Name the candidates for after Lenin died - Stalin, Trotsky, Zinoviev, Kamenev and Bukharin
Were other political parties allowed under Stalin? - No
What caused the Kronstadt Rebellion? - Bolshevik policies
What did The New Economic Policy of 1921 do? - It allowed small businesses to reopen for private profit
- peasants were allowed to sell surplus
grain for profit and would pay tax on what they produced rather than giving some
of it up to the government and in towns small factories were handed back into private ownership and
private
trading of small goods was allowed.
What did War Communism Cause - Food shortages and a famine in which 7 million died
What happened as a result of collectivisation? - Food production fell under these conditions and there
was a
famine in 1932-33.
What happened during the Kronstadt rising? - Sailors on two of the leading battleships
drew up a list of fifteen demands for the
Bolsheviks. In response, Trotsky sent
