Q.1
What name was given to the Soviet Communist Party's youth movement, first founded in 1918?
  • Komsomol
  • Lenin Youth
  • Young Soviets
  • Soviet Pioneers
Q.2
What name was given to the economic policy that replaced "War Communism" as the official state programme in 1921?
  • The New Economic Policy
  • Revolutionary Capitalism
  • Socialism with a Human Face
  • The Third Way
Q.3
Under his new policy for the economy, from 1921 Lenin ensured that major industries remained in state hands. What were these major industries called?
  • "The commanding heights of the economy"
  • "The peaks of socialism"
  • "Irrevocable public ownership"
  • "The crown jewels of the Revolution"
Q.4
Lenin suffered at least three identical medical emergencies in 1922- What medical condition was this?
  • Cancer
  • Heart attacks
  • Stroke
  • Brain tumours
Q.5
After the Revolution Stalin was given a job. He was made responsible for non-Russian minorities living in the USSR. What was the title of this post?
  • Commissar for Nationalities
  • Minister for Ethnic Minorities
  • Community Relations Commissar
  • Minister for Multiculturalism
Q.6
Stalin received further promotion in 1922, when he was given responsibility for keeping the Communist Party's membership records up to date. What was the title of this position?
  • General Secretary of the Communist Party
  • Secretary of the Communist Party
  • Principal Secretary of the Communist Party
  • Chief Secretary of the Communist Party
Q.7
Which of the following leading Bolsheviks failed to attend Lenin's funeral in early 1924?
  • Stalin
  • Trotsky
  • Pyatakov
  • Zinoviev
Q.8
In 1921 a former enemy of the USSR signed a trade treaty with Lenin's regime, although he would not refrain from interfering in her South Asian colonies. To which "former enemy" are we referring?
  • France
  • Great Britain
  • The United States
  • The Netherlands
Q.9
One of the rival claimants for the Soviet leadership was Nikolai Bukharin, editor of the Communist Party's official newspaper. What was the title of this publication?
  • Iskra
  • Izvestia
  • Trud
  • Pravda
Q.10
In 1922 Lenin wrote his will or "political testament", in which he considered the suitability (or unsuitability) of his various comrades to succeed him as Soviet leader. Of which comrade did he write that he was: "...too rude and this defect...becomes quite intolerable..."?
  • Kamenev
  • Stalin
  • Trotsky
  • Rykov
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