Who governed Russia after the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II on 15 March 1917?
The Provisional Government
Soviets
Lenin
Bolsheviks
2. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What happened during the October Revolution?
The Tsar returned to power
The Bolsheviks overthrew the Provisional Government
Russia pulled out of World War I
The Provisional Government defeated the Bolsheviks
3. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Who was involved in the Russian Civil War?
Reds vs Whites
Whites vs Blacks
Reds vs Blacks
White vs Blues
4. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which of these is NOT a reason why Stalin rose to power?
Lenin’s will was kept a secret
Trotsky’s popularity among the Red Army
Stalin’s position as Secretary General of the Party
Stalin’s political alliances
5. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which of these explains why Trotsky was unpopular within the Politburo?
He had the support of the
Red Army
He had the support of
Stalin
He did not support
‘Permanent Revolution’
He decided to reveal
Lenin’s will
6. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is Collectivisation?
Stalin’s measure of allowing peasants to own their own farms
Stalin’s measure of merging small individual farms into larger collective farms (kolkhoz)
Stalin’s measure of focusing on building heavy industries
Stalin’s measure of allowing Kulaks to take over the farms of poorer peasants
7. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is one of the negative impact of collectivisation?
Many peasants, especially
Kulaks, killed their own animals, burnt and hid their grains
A new class of wealthy
peasants (Kulaks) formed
Peasants could own small
farms
Number of peasants
increased due to Collectivisation
8. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which of the following is NOT an impact of the Five-Year plans?
Expansion of the industrial
workforce
Soviet Union became an
industrial base for powerful arms industry
Growth of consumer
industries
Wastage and overproduction
in the haste to meet industrial targets
9. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is ‘The Great Terror’ (1934-1938)?
It is the period of rapid
industrialisation
It refers to the policy of
Collectivisation
It is the period in which Stalin wanted to
consolidate his power and enforce party discipline
It refers to the famine
that occurred due to bad harvest
10. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
How did Stalin try to consolidate his power and enforce party discipline?
Collectivisation
Purges and show trials
Secret police
Rapid industrialisation
11. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
In 1934, the leader of the Leningrad Communist Party, was murdered, probably on Stalin's orders. He became the first victim of ‘The Great Terror’. Who is he?
Trotsky
Lenin
Kirov
Gorbachev
12. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which of these is NOT an impact of ‘The Great Terror’ (1934-1938)?
Loss of skilled administrators
Increase in the number of Red Army commanders and officers
Loss of engineers and scientists
Increase in Stalin’s power
13. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
How is Stalin portrayed in the poster? The caption reads: ‘Under the leadership of the Great Stalin-Forward to Communism!’
As someone who did not have the support of the people
As someone who is responsible for all the successes of the Soviet Union
As someone who rules the country with an iron fist
As someone who listens to no one
14. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which of these is NOT a reason why Stalin’s rival (Nikolai Yezhov) was edited out of photographs?
To boost his authority as
the undisputable leader of the Soviet Union
He see these people as a
threat to his rule
He wanted to make
opposition against him impossible
He wanted to challenge his
rivals
15. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is the social impact of Stalin’s rule on the Soviet Union?
Increase in the standard of
living
Fall in the standard of
living
Increase in consumer goods
Decreased literacy rates
16. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is one positive social impact of Stalin’s rule on the Soviet Union?
Equal rights to women
State control of society
Increase in consumer goods
Decreased literacy rates
17. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Which of these is NOT an example of how Stalin controlled the Soviet Union?
Implementation of the ‘Cult
of Personality’
The use of the Brown Shirts
The use of the NKVD
The use of purges and
creation of show trials and Gulags
18. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is the poster trying to portray? Representatives of the national republics of the Soviet Union in national dress. Each holds a red banner greeting the great Stalin in their national language: ‘Long Live the Fraternal Union and Great Friendship of the Peoples of the USSR!’
The minority nationalities supports Stalin
The minority nationalities wants independence from Soviet Union
The minority nationalities do not support Stalin
The minority nationalities are allowed to use their own language
19. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
Who is Alexei Stakhanov?
Stalin’s political rival
The leader of the secret
police
A man who was praised by
Stalin as a ‘hero of the revolution’
One of the commanders from
the Red Army
20. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
What is a 'new soviet man'?
the ideal bae who can take care of you when you go on a trip to Russia
the ideal Soviet citizen who supports the Monarchist rule
the ideal Soviet citizen who was willing to serve the state selflessly and enthusiatically
the ideal citizen who obeys and follows all rules even though it might be morally wrong