Edexcel GCSE Russian History Flashcards

What were the Bolsheviks response to the Civil War?

Why did the Bolsheviks (reds) win the war? (9points)

What were the effects of the civil war? (6 points)

Describe the new Constitution in July 1918

What did new constitution in July 1918 state in regards to land and work

What did the new constitution in July 1918 theoretically give?

When did War Communism begin?

What were the four main elements of War Communism?

One positive and one negative of War Communism

Why was 1921 such a disastrous year?

What was the Kronstadt Mutiny?

What did the sailors in Kronstadt demand in March 1921? (6 points)

What were the results of the Kronstadt Mutiny? (2 points)

Describe the five key features of the NEP

Did the NEP work -and why?

When did Lenin dictate his Testamony?

When did Lenin die?

After Lenin's death who were the seven Politburo members?

What were Stalin's strengths?

What were Stalin's weaknesses?

Who led Lenin's funeral march and speech and why?

Describe Trotsky's removal

By 1928 who had become the clear leader of the Party and how?

What was the OPGU?

What were the tactics of the OPGU?

How many people were in prison camps in 1928 vs in 1938?

What were Gulags?

Who were purged by the OPGU?

What were the years 1936-38 known as?

What happened to those that were purged?

When did show trials begin?

What happened in the show trials?

What was the importance of show trials?

What were the effects of the purges

Why did Stalin use propaganda (5 reasons)

Describe the types of propaganda

Describe Propaganda in Education

Why did Stalin build up a cult of Lenin?

Describe the theoretical 1936 Constitution

Describe the actual 1936 Constitution

How did Censorship interfere with culture?

How did Stalin censor the past?

Why were collectivisation and industrialisation necessary?

When did collectivisation start?

What were the two types of collective farms?

How did collective farms work?

Did peasants like collectivisation?

What were kulaks and how did the state respond to them?

Describe the resistance to collectivisation

What was Stalin's reaction to the resistence to collectivisation

How was collectivisation a failure?

What did Stalin do in 1935 for the peasants?

Successes of collectivisation

What was Gosplan and when was it set up?

What were the five year plans?

Describe the features of the First Five Year Plan 1928-32

Describe the features of the second five year plan 1933-37

Describe the features of the third five year plan 1938-41

What were Stakhanovites?

Who was Alexi Stakhanov?

What happened in Magnitogorsk?

Achievements of Industrialisation

Problems of indsutrialisation

Describe the issues and solution to Stalingrad tractor factory

What did Gosplan do to solve problems of industrialisation?

Describe the Social Inequality in 1939

What became 'counter-revolutionary' from 1932?

Could you follow any religion in the Soviet Union by 1940?

How many churches were in Russia in 1940 vs in 1915

Had living conditions improved by 1939?

Describe the reforms for women under Stalin (5pts)

How many women were in work in 1928 vs in 1940

What did the state do to increase the number of women in the workforce?

What was 'progressive piecework' and when was it introduced?

Why did workers move around a lot and how did the state try to control this?