The Big Picture (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards
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Homo Sovieticus
Homo Sovieticus
Soviet man - new human type free from selfish ambition
Cheka (established when?)
Cheka (established when?)
Dec 1917 - first Soviet secret police
Glavlit (1922)
Glavlit (1922)
State censorship org controlling all publications
Period of most comprehensive Soviet control?
Period of most comprehensive Soviet control?
Stalin's late 1930s - described as totalitarian
NKVD role under Stalin
NKVD role under Stalin
Secret police conducting purges and running labour camps
Beria appointment year
Beria appointment year
1938 - became head of NKVD
Agitprop (1920) function
Agitprop (1920) function
Dept of Agitation & Propaganda - spreading Communist ideas
KGB period
KGB period
1954-91 - main security agency, suppressed dissent
Khrushchev & Brezhnev's approach to control
Khrushchev & Brezhnev's approach to control
Abandoned mass terror, tolerated some independence
Union of Soviet Writers (1932)
Union of Soviet Writers (1932)
Organisation to control literature