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What was the Bolshevik slogan used during the Revolution?
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Peace, Land, Bread
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Why did Lenin close the Constituent Assembly after its first meeting?
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Bolshevik minority
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Name the unpopular treaty between Russia and Germany that ended involvement in WWI
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Brest-Litovsk
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How many rebels were deported in the Tambov rebellion?
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100,000
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How many new members joined the party due to Stalin's 1924 Lenin Enrolment policy?
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128,000
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Name the 1949 event that resulted in 2000 party members arrested and dismissed
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Leningrad Affair
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Who's wife was imprisoned to test his loyalty to Stalin?
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Vyacheslav Molotov
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Who did Khrushchev temporarily rule with as a duumvirate?
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Georgi Malenkov
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What percentage of the Central Committee did Khrushchev replace?
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44%
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What year was Khrushchev's Secret Speech, in which he revealed Stalin's crimes and discouraged having a cult of personality?
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1956
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What was Khrushchev promoting by expanding Party membership to 11 million so that 60% would be workers and peasants?
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democratisation
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Name the policy Brezhnev introduced in order to stabilise the party
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stability of cadres
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What is a state governed by old people called?
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gerontocracy
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How many years did Stalin claim it would take to economically catch up with the UK and USA?
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15 years
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Name the central economic planning agency
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Gosplan
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What fraction of government spending was dedicated to military in 1940?
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1/3
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What type of the economy is used by the Soviet Union?
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command
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How many peasants were sent to gulags during Dekulakisation?
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1.5 million
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What was the name of the famine in Ukraine during 1932 - 1933 that killed 5 million people?
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Holodomor
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What type of industry did Khrushchev prioritise?
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light industry
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What was the name of the campaign Khrushchev used to utilise unfarmed lands?
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Virgin Lands Scheme
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Name the official newspaper of the Communist Party
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Pravda
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Name the censorship office used by the Party during the NEP
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Glavlit
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What was the title Stalin gave himself meaning "leader"
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Vozhd
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Karl Marx said "religion is the _____ of the masses"
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opium
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What was the Russian Orthodox Church reformed into?
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The Living Church
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Who was the first man in space?
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Yuri Gagarin
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Who was the first woman in space?
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Valentina Tereshkova
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How many churches did Khrushchev close?
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12,000
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What system did Yagoda (head of the NKVD) use to get confessions from people?
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conveyor belt system
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What percentage of the male adult population was affected by Yezhovshchina?
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10%
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Who is the "father of the hydrogen bomb"?
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Andrei Sakharov
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What agreement was made in 1975 that forced countries across Europe to adhere to human rights?
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Helsinki Agreement
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Name the proletarian culture movement
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Proletkult
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What style was developed in 1932 by the Union of Soviet Writers?
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socialist realism
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Name the communal apartments Stalin established in which multiple families had to share one room
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kommunalka
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Give an example of one of Stalin's industrial cities
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Magnitogorsk
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What was Khrushchev's housing programme called?
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Khrushchyova / K9
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What year was the statue 'Worker and Kolkhoz Woman' built?
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1937
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Name the 1983 report that highlighted the fundamental issues within the Soviet system
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Novosibirsk Report
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Gorbechev established two main reforms - political:
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Glasnost
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And economical:
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Perestroika
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