Section 1.1: Tensions between SU and the Western powers in 1917.

People can only vote for members in the communist party

One-party-state

Multi-party-elections

People can vote candidates from their party of choice

True or false: The treaty of Brest-Litovsk (1918) United Germany and Russia into allied forces against Western powers.

False: The treaty pulled Russia out of the war, losing huge amounts of territory.

How many russians died and how many soldiers were captured by the Germans?

4 million Russians died and 2 million soldiers were captured

Who abdicated in 1917?

The Tsar, Nicholas II.

What we’re consequences of WW1 in Russia (1917)

☆The tsar, Nicholas II, abdicates

☆Shortages of food and basic necessities

☆4 million Russians died and 2 million soldiers captured

☆Ruined economy

☆First example of Communism

What was the name of the group that took leadership in Russia 1917?

The Bolsheviks

What did the Bolsheviks introduce?

Peace, Bread and land

True or false: The promise of ‘Peace, Bread and Land’ helped the Bolsheviks to gain support in Russia.

True

Why was the Bolsheviks revolution significant in 1917?

It was the first time communism was put in practice as a state political system.

Where did Lenin base his communist government from?

From the book ‘The Communist Manifesto’ by Karl Max and Frederick Engles.

When we’re these treaties signed:

1. Anglo-Soviet Trade

2. Anglo-Soviet General treaty and Commercial agreement

3. Mutual-assistance pact

4. Nazi-Soviet Pact

1. 1921

2. 1924

3. 1925

4. 1939

What treaty did the UK and the Soviets sign to establish trade and regulate economic and political relations?

Anglo-Soviet Trade (1921)

What treaty did France and the Soviets sign to reduce the threat posed by a resurgent Nazi regime?

Mutual-assistance Pact (1935)

What treaty did Germany and the Soviets sign which agreed to not attack eachother and divide Poland between them?

Nazi-Soviet Pact (1939)

What treaty did the UK and the Soviets sign to establish full diplomatic recognition and comprehensive commercial terms?

Anglo-Soviet General treaty and commercial political relations (1924)

When did stalin become leader of the Siviet Union?

1924

True or false: Engineers from the British metropolitan Vickers company helped Russia modernise after WW1

False: The Engineers were falsely accused of spying and forced to confess untrue crimes before their execution

When did Stalin order to execute 81 of 103 generals and admirals?

1937

State three argued reasons Stalin signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact.

1. His suspicious nature led him to believe that the Nazis and Western powers were to come to an understanding.

2. Needed time to modernise and produce armaments incase of war against Germany.

3. Revenge after failing the Polish-Soviet war in 1919-21