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Edexcel A Level History Russia from Lenin to Yeltsin (1917 - 1991) Unit 3 control of the people
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Example of disaster ignored by news under Breznev
Kysztym, 1957, nuclear storage container explosion
1972, fire outside moscow, blue haze in city, 1 month to explain
President of Bulgaria killed in car accident, possible assassination
Large scale flooding in ural region
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Glavlit controlled access to economic data from...
1928
1925
1921
1917
3
What changed in 1985 in terms of TV?
Compromises with some foreign channels like BBC
Now 2 Tv channels rather than 1
More programmes celebrating traditional arts
Emphasis on light entertainment increased
4
Example of satirical magazine allowed under Khrushchev's Thaw?
Krokodil
Niedzwiedz
Zyrafa
Zajaczek
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What was Glavlit?
Youth club for Soviet culture
Wrote all the news articles under Lenin
Association of writers
Censorship office, approved publications
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Paper of gov-controlled trade unions, Trud had a print run of:
13.5M
12.8M
18.3M
15.2M
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Number of TVs in USSR by 1958?
1M
2M
3M
4M
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Pravda had a circulation of.... in 1983
13.7M
8M
5 M
11M
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What % of the population was illiterate in 1917?
75%
85%
70%
90%
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Under Brezhnev, range for radio expanded to:
5 stations
4 stations
3 stations
2 stations
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Why was radio important in the 1941 German invasion of Russia?
Radio podcasts allowed the public to be up to date with war news
A dissident broadcaster spread panic amongst the people, leading to a purge
They were able to hijack German broadcasts so knew about the invasion
Stalin gave speech live on radio from Red Square when forces <50 miles away
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Until 1964, how many radio stations were there?
1
2
4
3
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Number of TVs in USSR in 1950
86,000
1M
10,000
150,000
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What were the names of the 2 daily newspapers?
Smithy & Pravda
Trud & Izvestiya
Pravda & Izvestiya
Pravda & Trud
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Example of disaster ignored by the news under Khrushchev
Chernobyl
Plane crash Kosslyn 1556 50 high officials dead controversial in sat states
Kysztym 1957 nuclear waste storage exploded, 270k exposed, 2 years to evac
Moscow fire
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Issue that was criticised particularly under Brezhnev in local newspapers?
Lack of housing
Lack of employment
Low food availability
Lack of consumer goods
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What was the name Soviet easy listening singer related to light entertainment?
DoReMi
Trololo
Salud
Lalalaj
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Radio was centralised via...
The Russian Telegraph
The commissariat for Posts and Telegraph
The department for Media and Propaganda
ROSTA
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Radio Maiak was particularly popular with the older population
True
False
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How did Lenin ban all non-socialist newspapers?
1917 "On the Press" speech
1918 "On the Press" speech
1917 Decree of the Press
Early 1920s Decree of the Press
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Little sports coverage in the news, so magazines e.g:..... filled the gap
Athletes of USSR (1939)
Sovetskii Sport (1946)
Socialist Sport (1927)
Red Sport (1924)
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Name of the 1918+ news agency
ROSTA
The Telegraph
Izvestiya
Red News
