Political authority opposition and the state of Russia in wartime (OCR A-Level History A): Flashcards
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Red Army officer purged in 1937
Red Army officer purged in 1937
Marshal Tukhachevsky
Warnings of German attack Stalin ignored
Warnings of German attack Stalin ignored
80 warnings
Orders to shoot deserters & retreaters
Orders to shoot deserters & retreaters
Orders 270 and 227
Date Stalin first publicly addressed war
Date Stalin first publicly addressed war
3rd July 1941
GKO full name
GKO full name
State Committee for Defence
Date Stalin became Stavka Commander-in-chief
Date Stalin became Stavka Commander-in-chief
10 July 1941
Polish elite shot at Katyn, April 1940
Polish elite shot at Katyn, April 1940
Over 20,000 officers, police & elite
Number of Volga Germans deported 1941
Number of Volga Germans deported 1941
600,000
Zhdanov's insult to Anna Akhmatova
Zhdanov's insult to Anna Akhmatova
'Half-nun, half-whore'
Period after WWII to Stalin's death
Period after WWII to Stalin's death
'High Stalinism'
Rail wagon loads moved east during war
Rail wagon loads moved east during war
1.5 million
Proportion of collective farmers who were women
Proportion of collective farmers who were women
Four out of five by war end
Total Soviet deaths in Great Patriotic War
Total Soviet deaths in Great Patriotic War
27 million
Sorties flown by 'Night Witches'
Sorties flown by 'Night Witches'
23,672
Label on returning POWs' records
Label on returning POWs' records
'Socially dangerous'