dictatorship and stalinism

what was the secret police called from 1922-34?

the OGPU

when and what were the OGPU’s functions transferred to the NKVD?

1934

normal and secret police work and supervision of the gulags

when and what was the Shakhty trial?

1928

a trial of managers and techniciand of the shakhty coal mine who had questioned rapid industrialisation

how many were executed following the shakhty trial?

5

when was trotsky expelled from the ussr?

1929

when and what was the industrial party trial

1930

a trial of senior industrialists and economists accused of plotting to wreck the soviet economy

what was the likely purpose of the industrial trials of the 1930s

to blame the 5 year plans’ economic problems on wrecking

who was ryutin?

former moscow party secretary who had been expelled from the party in 1930

when and why was ryutin punished by stalin?

1932

he wrote documents critical of stalin called the ryutin platform and circulated them around the party