1
Q
What did the 1918 constitution create
Lenin
A
RSFSR
2
Q
What created the USSR
Lenin
A
1924 constitution
3
Q
What did the 1924 constitution give SSRs
Lenin
A
own government and flag
4
Q
What did the 1936 constitution not allow countries in USSR to do
Stalin
A
leave the union
5
Q
How many Volga Germans were exiled to Kazakhstan in September 1941
Stalin
A
500,000
6
Q
What fraction of Volga Germans died in NKVD labour camps
Stalin
A
1/3
7
Q
When was the Finnish parliament created
Alex II
A
1863
8
Q
What was the Finnish parliament called
Alex II
A
the diet
9
Q
When was the Finnish constitution created
Alex II
A
1865
10
Q
Who was made the Governor General of Finland
Nicholas II
A
Bobrikov
11
Q
What did Nicholas do to Finland
Nicholas II
A
Absorbed into empire
12
Q
What was the main language of Finland made under Nicholas
Nicholas II
A
Russian
13
Q
What happened to the Finnish army under Nicholas
Nicholas II
A
banned
14
Q
When was bobrikov assasinated
Nicholas II
A
1904
15
Q
When was Finland granted autonomy
Nicholas II
A
1905
16
Q
When was Finland’s autonomy rescinded
Nicholas II
A
1906
17
Q
What treaty granted Finland independence in 1918
Lenin
A
Brest-Litovsk
18
Q
What was it called when Red army soldiers crossed the Finnish border and looted properties in 1922
Lenin
A
Pork Mutiny
19
Q
When did Stalin invade Finland
Stalin
A
1939
20
Q
How many soviets died in the winter war
Stalin
A
160,000
21
Q
When was the winter war
Stalin
A
1939-40
22
Q
When did Finland invade the USSR
Stalin
A
1941
23
Q
How many Soviets died in the continuation war
A
300,000
24
Q
When was the continuation war
Stalin
A
1941-1944
25
When did Finland sign a treaty of friendship with the USSR
| Stalin
1948
26
What had their power strengthened in Finland
| Nicholas II
Orthodox Church
27
How many Russians were there in a Finnish population of 2.7 million
| Nicholas II
8,000
28
How many Finnish died in the wars with the Soviets
| Stalin
120,000
29
What did Finland have to use from 1901
| Nicholas II
Russian stamps
30
When were Ukrainian Sunday schools abolished
| Alex II
1862
31
When did a decree state the Ukrainian language didn't exist
| Alex II
1863
32
When did it become illegal to publish books in Ukrainian
| Alex II
1876
33
What were the names of Ukrainian towns changed to
| Alex II
Russian names
34
What encouraged the Ukranian language
| Lenin
1924 constitution
35
Why was the Ukrainian language encouraged
| Lenin
all one big family
36
Who did Stalin have executed in Ukraine in 1932
| Stalin
Kobzars
37
Who were Kobzars
| Stalin
Ukrainian folk singers
38
When was the Holodomor famine
| Stalin
1932-33
39
How many died in Holodomor
| Stalin
7 million
40
When were promoters of Ukrainian language first purged
| Stalin
1929
41
When were promoters of Ukrainian language purged again
| Stalin
1936-39
42
What was Ukraine important for in the USSR
| Stalin
grain
43
What program was opposed in Ukraine
| Stalin
Collectivisation
44
What was the Holodomor famine seen as to Ukrainian peasants
| Stalin
punishment
45
What was banned from being taught in schools in 1865
| Alex II
Lithuanian
46
What did Lithuanians smuggle into Lithuania
| Alex II
Books in Lithuanian
47
What jobs were Lithuanians banned from
| Alex II
government jobs
48
What treaty gave the Baltics independence
| Lenin
Brest-Litovsk
49
When were the Baltics invaded
| Stalin
1939
50
When were the Baltics formally absorbed into the USSR
| Stalin
1945
51
Who created their own militia to stop Russian influence
| Nicholas
Dashneks
52
Who led a nationalist movement in Georgia
| Nicholas
Georgian Mensheviks
53
When did Georgia gain independence
| Lenin
1920
54
When was Georgia retaken by the Red Army
| Lenin
1921
55
Who was allowed to settle on the Pale of Settlement
| Alex II
Jews
56
What became easier for Jews under Alexander II
| Alex II
migration
57
What did Jews need to leave the Pale
| Alex II
high education
58
What did Alexander III ban jews from leaving
| Alex III
Pale of Settlement
59
When were Jews in Moscow and St Petersburg sent to the Pale
| Alex III
1891
60
What were Jews banned from buying in certain areas
| Alex III
land
61
What were Jews banned from voting in
| Alex III
Zemstva
62
How many Jews were killed in pogroms in 1881
| Alex III
40
63
How many Jews were killed in pogroms in 1905
| Nicholas
2,500
64
Were Jews allowed to sit on the Duma
| Nicholas
yes
65
When was the Pale banned
| Nicholas
1917
66
What speical Jewish settlement did Stalin create
| Stalin
Jewish Autonomous Region
67
Where was the Jewish Autonomous Region
| Stalin
far east
68
What did Stalin do to the Jewish religion
| Stalin
Banned it
69
What Jewish institute did Stalin ban
| Stalin
schools
70
When was the Jewish doctors plot
| Stalin
1952
71
How many Jews were executed after the Jewish Doctors plot
| Stalin
15
72
Where were the polish nobility exiled to
| Alexander II
Siberia
73
What was set up in Poland, similar to Zemstva
| Alex II
Rural district councils
74
What Russian opposition group supported Polish rebels
| Alex II
Land and Liberty
75
What region of Russia was Poland known as
| Alex II
Vistula
76
When was Poland invaded by the Germans in WW1
| Nicholas
1915
77
What treaty granted Poland independence
| Lenin
Brest-Litovsk
78
When did the Red Army invade Poland
| Lenin
1920
79
Who did Lenin think would rise up in Poland to support the Red Army
| Lenin
Polish workers
80
Who won the Russo-Polish war
| Lenin
Poland
81
What did Stalin annul in 1934
| Stalin
Polish non-aggression treaty
82
What pact divided Poland
| Stalin
Nazi-Soviet Pact
83
When was the Nazi Soviet pact
| Stalin
1939
84
What day did the USSR invade Poland on in WW2
| Stalin
15th September 1939
85
When was Katyn forest massacre
| Stalin
1940
86
How many Polish Army officers were executed in the Katyn forest
| Stalin
22,000
87
Who did Stalin let fight the Nazis in the Warsaw uprising
| Stalin
Polish Home Army
88
When was the Warsaw uprising
| Stalin
1943
89
What did Stalin set up to run Poland
| Stalin
National Liberation Committee
90
What did Stalin oppose to coming back to Poland
| Stalin
government in exile
91
Where was the Russo-Polish border moved to
| Stalin
Curzon line
92
Where was the Polish German border moved to
| Stalin
Oder-Neisse line
93
When was a new post WW2 constitution drawn up for Poland
| Stalin
February 1947
94
Who did the Poland 1947 constitution allow to dominate the goverment
| Stalin
Polish workers' party
95
When was Poland renamed to the People's republic of Poland
| Stalin
1952
96
After what event was Gomulka released
| Khrushchev
secret speech
97
What became Poland's official language under Alexander II
| Alex II
Russian
98
Which religious people did Alexander II arrest
| Alex II
leading catholic bishops
99
Who was the catholic church banned from communicating with
| Alex II
Vatican
100
What led to a growing proletariat
| Alex III
industrialisation
101
When was the Polish Socialist Party formed
| Alex III
1892
102
When was the Polish Social Democract Party formed
| Alex III
1893
103
What was destroyed after the Warsaw uprising
| Stalin
Warsaw
104
What workers did Stalin arrest in Poland
| Stalin
leading trade unionists
105
What other leading figures did Stalin arrest in Poland
| Stalin
Leading members of Church
106
When did workers strike in Mielcin, Poland
| Stalin
1950
107
How many striking workers were sent to concentration camps in Mielcin, Poland
| Stalin
30,000
108
What happened to Polish serfs under Alexander II
| Alex II
Emancipated
109
Did Polish peasants have more or less rights than Russian peasants
| Alex II
more
110
Who payed the Polish redemption payments
| Alex II
landowners
111
What controlled Polish heavy industry
| Stalin
the state
112
What type of farming did Stalin bring to Poland
| Stalin
Collectivised
113
What were people allowed to set up in Poland under Khrushchev
| Khrush
small-holdings
114
What did the Steppe Statute of 1891 give to European peasant settlers
| Alex III
40 acres of land
115
When did Stolypin push for European migration to Central Asia
| Nicholas
1910
116
What was taken from the natives and given to European settlers in Central Asia
| Nicholas
land
117
What religion was Central Asia largely
| Nicholas
Muslim
118
Who won Duma seats in central Asia
| Nicholas
All-Russian Muslim League
119
When were Muslims banned from sitting in the Duma
| Nicholas
1907
120
When did conscription begin in Central Asia
| Nicholas
1915
121
What were central Asians seen as in the army
| Nicholas
unfit for duty
122
What caused the conscription revolt
| Nicholas
Ramadan
123
What did the 1924 constitution say about the style of government of central Asian countries
| Lenin
made them republics
124
What did the 1924 constitution say about the language of central Asian countries
| Lenin
tolerated
125
What did Stalin use as a dumping ground for dissidents
| Stalin
Central Asia
126
Where were Chechens deported to in WW2
| Stalin
Kazakhstan
127
Where were Koreans sent to in WW2
| Stalin
Kazakhstan
128
Where were Germans sent to in WW2
| Stalin
Kazakhstan
129
Where were Tartars and Turks sent to in WW2
| Stalin
Kazakhstan
130
Where were German POWs sent to after the war
| Stalin
Central Asia
131
Where did German POWs work after the war
| Stalin
slave labour camps
132
Who did Khrushchev allow to return
| Khrush
deported people in 1941-45
133
Who was not allowed to return
| Khrush
Volga Germans and Chechens
134
Where were Soviet nuclear and space programs based
| Khrush
Kazakhstan
135
Where were the Leningrad ballet and opera evacuated to during WW2
| Stalin
Almaty
136
Where was Soviet heavy industry evacuated to during WW2
| Stalin
Central Asia
137
What policy destroyed nomadic life
| Stalin
collectivisation
138
What % of Kazakhstan died during collectivisation under Stalin
| Stalin
75%
139
When was the City of Vladivostok established
| Alex II
1860
140
Why was Vladivostok established
| Alex II
Russia took Chinese land
141
What was the purpose of Vladivostok
| Alex II
naval base for pacific
142
When was the Russo-Japanese war
| Nicholas
1904-5
143
When was the Trans-Siberian railway built
| Nicholas
1896-1916
144
Who did Stalin back in the Chinese civil war
| Stalin
nationalists
145
Why did Stalin back the nationalists in the Chinese civil war
| Stalin
better chance of winning
146
When did the communists win the chinese civil war
| Stalin
1948
147
What did stalin and mao sign
| Stalin
Treaty of friendship, alliance and mutual assistance
148
What did Stalin provide for North Korea
| Stalin
weapons
149
When was Mongolia occupied by Soviet forces
| Stalin
1945
150
What was annexed by the USSR in 1944
| Stalin
Tannu Tuva
151
Why did Khrushchev's relationship with mao break down
| Khrush
de-stalinisation + hungarian uprising
152
When did Russia retake Ukraine
| Lenin
1921
153
When did Russia retake Georgia
| Lenin
1921
154
Who quit the Soviet government
| Lenin
Left SRs
155
What allowed the Soviets to implement their policies
| Lenin
end of WW1
156
What was Russia's main grain producing region
| Lenin
Ukraine
157
What day did a member of the SR shoot and wound Lenin
| Lenin
30th August 1918
158
Who was assasinated on the same day Lenin was shot by an SR, by anohter SR in Petrograd
| Lenin
head of Cheka
159
What fraction of all agricultural land was lost because of Brest-Litovsk
| Lenin
1/3
160
What fraction of all railways were lost due to treaty of Brest-Litovsk
| Lenin
1/3
161
What fraction of coal mines were lost due to treaty of Brest-Litovsk
| Lenin
2/3
162
How much oil and cotton was lost due to the treaty of Brest-Litovsk
| Lenin
all of it
163
How much was the population of the Russian empire reduced by due to the treaty of Brest-Litovsk
| Lenin
55 million
164
When was the Warsaw Pact created
| Khrushchev
1955
165
When was Cominform set up
| Stalin
1947
166
Who did Cominform control in Eastern Europe
| Stalin
communist parties
167
Whose statues were put up in Eastern Europe
| Stalin
Stalin's
168
When was Yugoslavia expelled from Cominform
| Stalin
1948
169
When was Jan Masaryk murdered
| Stalin
1948
170
How many were killed in the Hungarian uprising
| Khrush
3,000
171
Who was executed after the Hungarian uprising
| Khrush
Nagy
172
When was East Germany established
| Stalin
1949
173
What did Stalin say to Marshall aid in Eastern Europe
| Stalin
forbade it
174
When was Comecon set up
| Stalin
1949
175
When did Comecon begin to be used
| Khrush
1959
176
When was the Ostmark introduced to the Soviet zone of Germany
| Stalin
1948
177
How much did East Germany have to pay in reparations
| Stalin
$10 billion
178
How many were killed in Hungarian uprising
| Khrush
3,000
179
How many were killed in East German uprising
| Khrush
125
180
What was the aim of Berlin blockade
| Stalin
starve west berlin into submission
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