Political authority opposition and the state of Russia in wartime (AQA A-Level History): Flashcards
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Year of Marshal Tukhachevsky's purge
Year of Marshal Tukhachevsky's purge
1937
Purpose of Orders 270 and 227
Purpose of Orders 270 and 227
Shoot deserters, panickers, unauthorised retreaters
GKO full name
GKO full name
State Committee for Defence
Polish elite shot at Katyn, April 1940
Polish elite shot at Katyn, April 1940
Over 20,000
Volga Germans deported in 1941
Volga Germans deported in 1941
600,000
Zhdanov's insult for Anna Akhmatova
Zhdanov's insult for Anna Akhmatova
Half-nun, half-whore
Rail wagon loads moved east after German attack
Rail wagon loads moved east after German attack
1.5 million
% of front-line nurses who were women
% of front-line nurses who were women
100%
Total deaths in Great Patriotic War
Total deaths in Great Patriotic War
27 million
Period called 'High Stalinism'
Period called 'High Stalinism'
Post-WWII to Stalin's death