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