The Stalinist dictatorship and reaction 1941–1964 (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards
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Year Lenin died
Year Lenin died
1924
Stalin's main rivals after Lenin
Stalin's main rivals after Lenin
Trotsky, Kamenev, Zinoviev
Stalin's key position in Communist Party
Stalin's key position in Communist Party
General Secretary
Years of the Great Purge
Years of the Great Purge
1936-1938
NKVD full name
NKVD full name
People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs
Trial of Sixteen (1936) outcome
Trial of Sixteen (1936) outcome
All defendants found guilty and executed
Trial of Twenty-One (1938) key defendants
Trial of Twenty-One (1938) key defendants
Nikolai Bukharin, Alexei Rykov
Stalin's WWII military role
Stalin's WWII military role
Supreme Commander
Year of Leningrad Affair
Year of Leningrad Affair
1949
Date of Stalin's stroke
Date of Stalin's stroke
1st March 1953
Date of Stalin's death
Date of Stalin's death
5th March 1953
Five-man collective leadership (1953-57)
Five-man collective leadership (1953-57)
Malenkov, Beria, Molotov, Voroshilov, Khrushchev
Khrushchev's position from Sept 1953
Khrushchev's position from Sept 1953
First Party Secretary
Date of Beria's arrest
Date of Beria's arrest
26th June 1953
Virgin Lands campaign location (1954)
Virgin Lands campaign location (1954)
Kazakhstan and Siberia