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Dictatorship and conflict in the USSR, 1924–53: Practice Questions

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Question 1

1 mark

Which event in 1934 is often cited by historians as the immediate pretext for the beginning of Stalin’s Great Purges?

Question 2

1 mark

Which of the following statistics best reflects the impact of collectivisation and the subsequent peasant resistance on Soviet agriculture between \(1928\) and \(1933\)?

Question 3

1 mark

What was the significance of the 'Urals-Siberian Method' introduced in the late 1920s?

Question 4

1 mark

Which of the following figures was Stalin’s main rival for the leadership of the USSR and was famously associated with the theory of Permanent Revolution?

Question 5

1 mark

The Great Purge of the 1930s is often considered to have been triggered by which specific event in December 1934?

Question 6

2 marks

Identify one group of people who were rivals to Stalin during the leadership struggle between \(1924\) and \(1929\).

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Question 7

3 marks

What was the role of the 'Twenty-five Thousanders' in enforcing the state policy of forced collectivization in rural areas?

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Question 8

5 marks

Explain the significance of the Great Famine (1932–33) as an outcome of Stalin's policy of collectivisation.

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Question 9

4 marks

Explain two ways in which Josef Stalin used his position as General Secretary of the Communist Party between 1924 and 1929 to defeat his rivals in the leadership struggle.

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Question 10

6 marks

Explain the reasons for, and the consequences of, Stalin's policy of collectivisation introduced in 1928. How did this policy impact the Soviet peasantry?

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