Russia - Revision Questions 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryRussia - 19th and 20th centuryA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: LeksiCameronCreated on: 10-11-17 20:37 A recruitment campaign for work on the Baikal-Armur Mainline in 1974 wanted women to retain their 'delicate features'. How were the women known? Bamovkas 1 of 20 What was the name of the first woman in space in 1963? Valentina Tereshkova 2 of 20 Which type of document was introduced in 1940 which meant that workers lost the right to change jobs? Internal Passports 3 of 20 What was made illegal in 1936 by Stalin, having been legalized under Lenin during the 1920s? Abortion 4 of 20 The women's department of the Communist Party of the USSR was established in 1919: what was it called? Zhenotdel 5 of 20 What was the name of the leading physicist who was exile by Brezhnev to Gorky in 1980 because of his dissident views? Andrei Sakharov 6 of 20 How many medals was Brezhnev awarded as part of his cult of personality 60 7 of 20 What was the name of the anti-religious magazine introduced under Khrushchev in 1960? Science and Religion 8 of 20 In which year did the cultural doctrine of socialist realism start to become official government policy? 1932 9 of 20 What was the name of the Soviet censorship organisation which was brought under the control of the GPU in 1922? Glavlit 10 of 20 Brezhnev guaranteed jobs for all and low prices for essential goods. How did he label this stage in the history of the USSR? ‘Developed socialism’ 11 of 20 What was the percentage increase in production of consumer goods during the Seven Year Plan, launched in 1959? 60% 12 of 20 What was the name of the regional economic planning agencies set up by Khrushchev in 1957? Sovnarkhoz 13 of 20 What was the name of the district of Moscow in which there was no bathhouse for 650,000 people during the 1930s? Liubertsy district 14 of 20 With the start of War Communism in 1918, what was the working day extended to? 11 hours 15 of 20 Brezhnev created a gerontocracy. What was the average age of the Politburo by 1982? 75 16 of 20 Khrushchev denounced Stalin in his secret speech of February 1956, but at which party congress was this? Twentieth Congress 17 of 20 At the Congress of Victors (1934) Stalin only received 927 votes. How many did Sergei Kirov receive? 1225 18 of 20 In which year was Stalin appointed as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party? 1922 19 of 20 What did the Cheka & Red Army do in January 1918 which was a major move away from democracy? Close down the Constituent Assembly 20 of 20
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