Unit 3 Conclusion: Russia and the Soviet Union

What is the percentage weighting of the Semester 1 History Exam?

• 7.5%

• 5%

• 10%

• 15%

• 25%

At the start of the 1900s, which problems was Russia NOT facing:

• Being backwards

• People facing hardship

• Massive nuclear explosion

• Great industrialisation

When was the USSR invaded by the German army?

• 22nd June 1944

• 22nd June 1941

• 28th July 1914

• 23rd June 1941

How many marks is the Historical Context question worth in the Exam source analysis?

• 3 marks

• 4 marks

• 5 marks

• Depends how well we do

At which conference was this photograph taken?

• Yalta

• Potsdam

• Tehran

• Yemen

The concept of "dual power" refers to a power sharing agreement between which two groups?

• Petrograd Soviet

• Moscow Soviet

• Provisional Government

• Bolshevik Party

• Red Army

What was "Yezhovshchina?"

• The period of most intense purges, 1937 - 1938

• The full name of the head of the NKVD

• The title of the heir to the Communist party leadership

• A traditional Russian spirit, made from the Yazhov plant

Two other countries which tried to adopt Lenin's model of government after the Bolshevik revolution were:

• Austria

• Germany

• Hungary

• Romania

• Poland

Which of Stalin's rivals was the first to be defeated?

• Trotsky
• Kamenev
• Zinoviev
• Bukharin

Whose murder triggered off the purges?

• Kirov
• Kamenev
• Zinoviev
• Trotsky