The Stalinist dictatorship and reaction 1941–1964 (OCR A-Level History A): Flashcards
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Year of Lenin's death
Year of Lenin's death
1924
Stalin's key position for consolidating power
Stalin's key position for consolidating power
General Secretary
Years of the Great Purge
Years of the Great Purge
1936-1938
Defendants in Trial of the Sixteen (1936)
Defendants in Trial of the Sixteen (1936)
Zinoviev and Kamenev
Main defendants in Trial of the Twenty-One (1938)
Main defendants in Trial of the Twenty-One (1938)
Bukharin and Rykov
Stalin's military role during WWII
Stalin's military role during WWII
Supreme Commander
Party membership during WWII
Party membership during WWII
6 million members
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 collective leaders after Stalin
Five collective leaders after Stalin
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
Beria's fate after secret trial
Beria's fate after secret trial
Executed with six colleagues
Location of Virgin Lands campaign (1954)
Location of Virgin Lands campaign (1954)
Kazakhstan and Siberia
When Malenkov resigned as Prime Minister
When Malenkov resigned as Prime Minister
February 1955