The Great Terror Part One (Purges in Stalin's Russia) 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryRussia - 19th and 20th centuryASAll boards Created by: Unoriginal_UsernameCreated on: 28-04-14 08:41 What was Stalin's secret police force initially called? OGPU 1 of 40 For what did Kirov receive more votes than Stalin? Central Committee election at the Congress of Victors, 1934 2 of 40 Initially the OGPU did not use physical methods on Party members, what was this called? The Dry Guillotine 3 of 40 How many more votes did Kirov receive that Stalin? 298 4 of 40 What early purges dealt with "wreckers"? Shakhy Engineers and State Agricultural Officials (1933) 5 of 40 When was Kirov murdered? December 1934 6 of 40 To exclude him from the Politburo, where did Stalin keep Kirov? Leningrad 7 of 40 What was Leonid Nikolayez supposedly working for? A Trotskyite-Zinovievite terror group 8 of 40 How long after Kirov's murder was the decree issued authorising the execution without trial of political prisoners? Several hours 9 of 40 How many political prisoners were shot following Kirov's murder? 100 10 of 40 How many people were exiled in Leningrad in the months folowing the decree? 30 to 40 thousand 11 of 40 Who was tried in the Trial of the Sixteen, 1936? Zinoviev, Kamanev and 14 others 12 of 40 How many other Communists disappeared without trial following The Trial of the Sixteen? 43 13 of 40 What system was first used in the Trial of the Seventeen, 1937? Nicolai Yezhov's "conveyer belt system" 14 of 40 How many from the Trial of the Seventeen, 1937 were sent to gulags? 4 15 of 40 What did the 10th September 1937 Pravda article announce about Bukharin? Vyshinsky had closed his investigation on Bukharin 16 of 40 What doctirine was adopted by the Central Committee in 1937 to justify terror? "Sharpening class struggle" 17 of 40 Who was charged with attempting to assassinate Lenin? Bukharin 18 of 40 What did Stalin threaten to do to Bukharin before his trial? Murder his wife and new born 19 of 40 After what was Yagoda replaced by Yezhov? The Trial of the Sixteen 20 of 40 Bukharin's secret report, 1928 claimed what about Yagoda? He supported the right of the Party, not Stalin 21 of 40 Who had Yagoda allowed to commit suicide before trial? Tomsky 22 of 40 When did Stalin circulate demands to root out Party spies and traitors? Spring 1937 23 of 40 What did Yezhov famously remark about Party purges? "Better to overdo do it than not do enough" 24 of 40 The overfulfilling of purge targets was similar to what in industry? Overfulfilling of 5 Year Plan targets 25 of 40 Who from the Red Army confessed to treason in June 1937? 8 Generals 26 of 40 How many Party members were convicted between 1934 and 1938? 330,000 27 of 40 In the 18 months following the Generals' confessions how many soldiers were purged? 34,000 28 of 40 What was issued by the Politburo demanding the removal of "anti-Soviet elements" of society? Order No. 00447 29 of 40 A list of >250,000 people was produced by what? The NKVD 30 of 40 What were the two main reasons for denunciations? Survival tactic and personal gain 31 of 40 When did Yezhov resign? November 1938 32 of 40 When was Yezhov executed? February 1940 33 of 40 What did Yezhov claim his only crime was? Killing too few Russians 34 of 40 How many of Yezhov's "associates" were executed? 346 35 of 40 What did Beria famously remark about the purges? "When you stop murdering people by the million, they start to get ideas" 36 of 40 Where and when was Trotsky killed? In his house in Mexico in August 1940 37 of 40 What did the Show Trials supposedly prove? Anti-government activity 38 of 40 How many army officers were purged? 35,000 39 of 40 How many NKVD agents were purged? 23,000 40 of 40
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