Life in Communist Russia (Junior Cert History): Flashcards
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Month & year Tsar Nicholas II abdicated
Month & year Tsar Nicholas II abdicated
February 1917
Leader of Oct Revolution 1917 with Bolsheviks
Leader of Oct Revolution 1917 with Bolsheviks
Vladimir Lenin
System where state controls economy & society
System where state controls economy & society
Communism
Leader of Red Army in Russian Civil War
Leader of Red Army in Russian Civil War
Leon Trotsky
New name for Russia in 1922
New name for Russia in 1922
USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
Year Stalin became absolute ruler
Year Stalin became absolute ruler
1928
Stalin's 1927 policy merging farms into state control
Stalin's 1927 policy merging farms into state control
Collectivisation
Wealthy farmers deported/executed under Stalin
Wealthy farmers deported/executed under Stalin
Kulaks
Soviet secret police from 1934
Soviet secret police from 1934
NKVD
Soviet forced labour camps
Soviet forced labour camps
Gulags
Public trials Stalin used to eliminate rivals
Public trials Stalin used to eliminate rivals
Show trials
Communist Party newspaper
Communist Party newspaper
Pravda
% of workforce women comprised by 1937
% of workforce women comprised by 1937
50%
Year Stalin signed nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany
Year Stalin signed nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany
1939
Year of Stalin's death
Year of Stalin's death
1953