Across
- 3. how many NKVD members were found guilty of kirov's assassination
- 5. who was leader of the NKVD 1934-36
- 8. what title was abolished in 1934 to make Stalin, kirov, Zhadanov and Kaganovich
- 11. who was the prosecutor that demanded 'these mad dogs {Zinoviev and Kamenev} be shot'
- 14. quality of...declined, such as meat which was sold as fattier because of its weight
- 17. which principle proved vital in preparing Russia for WW2?
- 19. what consumer good used for transmissions was not in high circulation in the USSR
- 22. in 1940, almost a third of the budget was devoted to...
- 24. By 1941, the USSR had overtaken Britain in..and coal production
- 26. the Stalin constitution promised the right to vote for all over 18, including...who previously were deprived of the vote
- 28. The...trial of 1928 executed 5 and imprisoned others for questioning the pace of industrialisation
- 31. who assassinated Kirov 1st December 1934
- 32. in 1929, who was expelled from the USSR
- 33. from 1929, party officials supervised each..
- 34. what were set up in 1918 and supervised by the OGPU?
- 35. who was leader of the NKVD 1938-1953
- 36. Stalin used which youth group to split the nation through speeches against 'class enemies'
- 38. The...trial of November 1930 accused industrialists, Mensheviks and SRs of sabotage
- 40. who were invited to show trials to 'prove' their authenticity
- 43. by 1941, there was less grain being produced than under the..
- 44. in which month of 1935 was the death penalty extended to anyone aware of subversive activity
- 45. in 1934, internal security was passed on to..
- 46. who drafted the Stalin constitution 1936
Down
- 1. the machinery of state terror emerged under..
- 2. the constitution acknowledged the right of any Union-Republic to...but in practise it was not allowed
- 4. Party leaders in...were purged after planning secession in 1951
- 6. alongside freedom from arbitrary arrest, religion and free speech, the constitution promised freedom of..
- 7. who acted as Lenin's 'sharp sword of the revolution'
- 9. Kirov recieved a standing ovation for his speech against forcible grain seizures at which party congress?
- 10. which consumer good was surprisingly high in 1940
- 12. The....trial of 1933 found British specialists guilty of wrecking.
- 13. in April 1935, a new law decreed that children over... would be punished the same as adults including the death penalty
- 15. workers were controlled by internal passports and...
- 16. what, according to Marxist theory, should have 'withered away' under complete communism
- 18. between 1938 and 1941, spending on rearmament rose from 27 billion roubles to...roubles
- 20. in what month in 1936 did Kamenev, zinoviev and 14 others face a show trial and were executed
- 21. the Stalin constitution promised...to ethnic groups
- 23. Stalin was overruled by who in relation to ordering the execution of Ryutinites
- 25. in July 1940, there was a decree to make...production a criminal offence
- 27. following Kirov's assassination, over...party members were shot
- 29. Yagoda was replaced, partly because he failed to secure the confessions of Bukharin and..
- 30. the circulation of a 200 page document calling for changes in policy by Ryutin was called the..in March 1932
- 37. Kamenev and Zinoviev 'confessed' to plotting to kill Kirov and...
- 39. by 1934, how much of the party had been expelled in a chistka branded as Ryutinites
- 41. In which month in 1935 were Zinoviev, Kamenev and 17 others arrested
- 42. who was leader of the NKVD 1936-38
- 47. consumer goods were more scarce than under the..