High Stalinism

Flashcards on the period of high stalinism 1946-53. Methods: political, cultural, terror. Success factors: ???

During the Great Patriotic war, party membership grew from ___ million members to __ million members

• 4

• 6

How much did the gulag population grow by?

1 million

When did Pravda announce the doctors plot?

Jan 1953

Who’s death from a heart attack (___) sparked the Doctor’s Plot?

Zhdanov 1948

In ____, the jewish wives of ____ and ____ were arrested

• 1949

• Molotov

• Kalinin

What prizes were given to successful individuals to rival the Nobel awards?

Stalin Prizes

On his __, in ____, Moscow’s Red Square was dominated by a giant portrait of Stalin in the sky and surrounded by lights.

• 70th

• December 1949

When was access to all western media blocked by who?

• 1946

• Zhdanov

Which musician’s ____ work was banned in 1950 for being “______” and his wife was arrested?

• Sergei Prokofiev

• formalist

Which poet was condemned, and his girlfriend sent to the gulag, for writing ‘_____’ poems?

• Pasternack

• apolitical

What was Anna Akhmatova described as by Zhdanov?

Half nun, half whore

When was marriage to foreigners banned?

1948

How many ranking officials were expelled from the party in 1949?

200,000

How many officials were expelled in the Leningrad purge?

200

no party congress was held until ___

1952

How much did taxes on peasants rise by?

1/3

The ___ ___ was established to examine acts of an anti-patriotic nature

Honour Court

The ___ was created to monitor espionage and counter intelligence

MGB