Dictatorship and conflict in the USSR, 1924–53：练习题

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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.

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