GCSE History - Stalin's Russia 1924-1941

Question 1

What were Gulags similar to?

Accepted Answer

Concentration camps

Question 2

By 1925, what % of Russia's population were workers?

Accepted Answer

20%

Question 3

What is a kulak?

Accepted Answer

A farmer who refuses to share resources

Question 4

How did Stalin make Trotsky resign?

Accepted Answer

Gave him the wrong date for Lenin's funeral

Question 5

In what year was Trotsky assassinated?

Accepted Answer

1940

Question 6

Who was Leningrad's Communist leader?

Accepted Answer

Kirov

Question 7

What year was Trotsky exiled?

Accepted Answer

1929

Question 8

How many people were shot during the Purges?

Accepted Answer

10 million

Question 9

How many Russian soldiers were killed in World War 1 by 1917?

Accepted Answer

8 million

Question 10

What was an advantage of the Five Year Plans?

Accepted Answer

Training schemes were implemented in schools

Question 11

Which member of the Provisional Government stopped Lenin?

Accepted Answer

Alexander Korensky

Question 12

How many people were part of the Politburo?

Accepted Answer

10

Question 13

Who were the Bolsheviks led by?

Accepted Answer

Lenin

Question 14

What was the purpose of photo manipulation?

Accepted Answer

Erase opponents from history

Question 15

When was compulsory collectivisation implemented?

Accepted Answer

May 1929

Question 16

When did Lenin die?

Accepted Answer

21st January 1924

Question 17

Which of these rights was NOT a part of the 1936 Constitution?

Accepted Answer

Right to employment

Question 18

After the USSR was formed, what was Petrograd renamed to?

Accepted Answer

Leningrad

Question 19

How many peasants died as a result of the 1932/33 famine?

Accepted Answer

13+ million

Question 20

Out of these, who was NOT targeted by Stalin during the Great Purges?

Accepted Answer

Workers

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