Soviet Union: 1917 - 1991 - Statistics

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What fraction of government spending was dedicated to military in 1940? 1/3
92%
What percentage of the male adult population was affected by Yezhovshchina? 10%
85%
What year was Khrushchev's Secret Speech, in which he revealed Stalin's crimes and discouraged having a cult of personality? 1956
65%
Gorbechev established two main reforms - political: Glasnost
62%
Who was the first man in space? Yuri Gagarin
58%
Karl Marx said "religion is the _____ of the masses" opium
54%
Name the official newspaper of the Communist Party Pravda
54%
And economical: Perestroika
46%
Name the unpopular treaty between Russia and Germany that ended involvement in WWI Brest-Litovsk
42%
What type of the economy is used by the Soviet Union? command
42%
Who's wife was imprisoned to test his loyalty to Stalin? Vyacheslav Molotov
38%
What was the name of the famine in Ukraine during 1932 - 1933 that killed 5 million people? Holodomor
35%
How many rebels were deported in the Tambov rebellion? 100,000
31%
Who did Khrushchev temporarily rule with as a duumvirate? Georgi Malenkov
31%
What is a state governed by old people called? gerontocracy
31%
What year was the statue 'Worker and Kolkhoz Woman' built? 1937
27%
Name the proletarian culture movement Proletkult
27%
Who was the first woman in space? Valentina Tereshkova
27%
What percentage of the Central Committee did Khrushchev replace? 44%
23%
Name the central economic planning agency Gosplan
23%
What type of industry did Khrushchev prioritise? light industry
23%
Give an example of one of Stalin's industrial cities Magnitogorsk
23%
What was the Bolshevik slogan used during the Revolution? Peace, Land, Bread
23%
What style was developed in 1932 by the Union of Soviet Writers? socialist realism
23%
What was the name of the campaign Khrushchev used to utilise unfarmed lands? Virgin Lands Scheme
23%
How many peasants were sent to gulags during Dekulakisation? 1.5 million
19%
Name the censorship office used by the Party during the NEP Glavlit
15%
What agreement was made in 1975 that forced countries across Europe to adhere to human rights? Helsinki Agreement
15%
Name the communal apartments Stalin established in which multiple families had to share one room kommunalka
15%
Name the 1949 event that resulted in 2000 party members arrested and dismissed Leningrad Affair
15%
Name the policy Brezhnev introduced in order to stabilise the party stability of cadres
15%
What was the Russian Orthodox Church reformed into? The Living Church
15%
What was the title Stalin gave himself meaning "leader" Vozhd
15%
How many new members joined the party due to Stalin's 1924 Lenin Enrolment policy? 128,000
12%
How many years did Stalin claim it would take to economically catch up with the UK and USA? 15 years
12%
Who is the "father of the hydrogen bomb"? Andrei Sakharov
12%
Why did Lenin close the Constituent Assembly after its first meeting? Bolshevik minority
12%
What system did Yagoda (head of the NKVD) use to get confessions from people? conveyor belt system
12%
What was Khrushchev promoting by expanding Party membership to 11 million so that 60% would be workers and peasants? democratisation
12%
What was Khrushchev's housing programme called? Khrushchyova / K9
12%
Name the 1983 report that highlighted the fundamental issues within the Soviet system Novosibirsk Report
12%
How many churches did Khrushchev close? 12,000
8%
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