stalin - rise (4/6/10)

How did Stalin use his power within the Communist Party to defeat Trotsky? [4]

What was Trotsky’s idea of Permanent Revolution? [4]

What were Stalin’s purges? [4]

Describe the struggle for power following Lenin’s death in 1924. [4]

What were Trotsky’s main strengths? [4]

What was the ‘cult of personality’? [4]

Describe the ‘Great Terror’. [4]

What were the results of Purges for Stalin and Russia? [4]

What was Lenin’s opinion of Stalin? [4]

What qualities did Stalin have which enabled him to be considered as Lenin’s successor? [4]

What actions did Stalin take to create a ‘cult of personality’? [4]

Describe what happened at Stalin’s ‘show trials’. [4]

Describe the impact of ‘Russification’ on ethnic minorities in the Soviet Union. [4]

What was the Young Pioneer movement? [4]

What did Lenin say about Stalin and Trotsky in his Political Testament? [4]

What happened to the national minorities under Stalin? [4]

How did Stalin deal with Trotsky after defeating him in the power struggle? [4]

Why was the murder of Kirov in 1934 important? [6]

Why were the Purges carried out by Stalin? [6]

Why was there a new constitution in 1936? [6]

Why was Lenin’s funeral important in the power struggle? [6]

Why did life get worse for the national minorities under Stalin’s rule? [6]

Why did Trotsky fail to become leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin’s death? [6]

Why did Trotsky lose the leadership struggle with Stalin? [6]

Why did Stalin win the leadership struggle with Trotsky? [6]

Why was Stalin able to become leader of Russia by 1928? [6]

Explain why Stalin used Labour camps in the 1930s. [6]

Explain why Stalin was able to defeat Trotsky in the leadership contest after Lenin’s death. [6]

Why did Stalin carry out the Purges? [6]

Why did Stalin introduce a new Constitution in 1936? [6]

Why did Stalin create the ‘Cult of Personality’? [6]

Why were Stalin’s ideas more popular among Communist Party officials than those of Trotsky? [6]

Why did Stalin, and not Trotsky, become Lenin’s successor? [6]

Why were some Bolsheviks suspicious of Trotsky’s qualities as a potential leader? [6]

Why was there a struggle for power after Lenin’s death? [6]

Why was Stalin able to become dictator of Russia by 1929? [6]

Why were Stalin’s reforms important for Soviet women? [6]

Why did the Purges damage the Soviet Union? [6]

Why did it surprise many people when Stalin emerged as the new leader of the Soviet Union? [6]

‘Stalin was able to stay in power because of the Purges.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [10]

Which was the more effective of Stalin’s methods to control the people of Russia – terror or propaganda? Explain your answer. [10]

‘The main target of the purges was opposition within the Communist Party.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [10]

How far did Soviet people benefit from Stalin’s dictatorship? Explain your answer. [10]

‘Stalin stayed in power because of the use of the Purges.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [10]

The purges and show trials were the most important factor in allowing Stalin to achieve almost total control of the Soviet Union. How far do you agree? Explain your answer. [10]

Stalin only kept control in Russia by repression and the elimination of opponents. How far do you agree? Explain your answer. [10]

How far do you agree with the view that Stalin’s rule up to 1941 was a disaster for the Soviet Union? [10]

‘The Purges were more effective than the cult of personality in allowing Stalin to control the Soviet Union.’ How far do you agree with this statement? [10]

How successful was Stalin’s rule over the Soviet Union by 1941? Explain your answer [10]

‘Stalin’s use of propaganda was the main reason he was able to establish a ‘personal dictatorship’.’ How far do you agree with this statement? [10]

Which was the more effective of Stalin’s methods of controlling the people of the Soviet Union – the cult of personality or terror? Explain your answer [10]

‘Propaganda was the most effective method used by Stalin to control the people of Russia.’ How far do you agree with this statement? [10]

‘During the 1930s Stalin had complete control over the Soviet Union.’ How far do you agree with this statement? [10]

‘Trotsky’s personality, rather than Stalin’s abilities, decided the leadership contest after Lenin’s death.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [10]

‘The main reason that Stalin was able to control the Soviet Union was his use of the cult of personality.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [10]

‘Stalin’s personality cult was his most effective means of control.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [10]

‘Stalin controlled the USSR through the use of show trials.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [10]