Q.1
Which formerly hostile Western European state recognised the Soviet regime in 1924?
  • France
  • Great Britain
  • Italy
  • The United States of America
Q.2
Litvinov, the Soviet Foreign Commissar until May 1939, signed non-aggression pacts with a number of states in 1928, in a bid to enhance Soviet security. With which of the following countries did he not sign such an agreement?
  • Great Britain
  • France
  • Poland
  • Estonia
Q.3
In 1934 Litvinov secured Soviet membership of an international organisation, which he felt could confer on the USSR the benefits of collective security. What was this organisation?
  • The International Labour Organisation
  • The League of Nations
  • The Anti-Comintern Pact
  • The Peace Pledge Union
Q.4
In May 1939 Litvinov was dismissed, and a new Foreign Commissar, who was more in favour of doing a deal with Hitler, was appointed. Who was this?
  • Lavrenti Beria
  • Marshal Voroshilov
  • Vyacheslav Molotov
  • Vyshinsky
Q.5
On the 23rd of August 1939 the German Foreign Minister flew to Moscow to sign a treaty with Stalin. What was this treaty called?
  • The Nazi-Soviet Pact
  • The Dual Alliance
  • The Stalin-Ribbentrop Treaty
  • The Russo-German Agreement
Q.6
On the 17th of September 1939, in accordance with the terms of the recent agreement with Germany, Soviet forces invaded a neighbouring state, and began to enforce a brutal version of communism there. Which state was this?
  • Romania
  • Lithuania
  • Finland
  • Poland
Q.7
At the end of 1939, and well into 1940, the Red Army was engaged in a bruising war with Finland. What name is this conflict sometimes given?
  • The Finno-Soviet War
  • The Stalin-Mannerheim War
  • The Winter War
  • The Karelian War
Q.8
In 1940 - again in accordance with the August 1939 treaty - Stalin invaded three neighbouring states, whose independence Lenin had been content to respect. Which of the three had never enjoyed the protection of the "Litvinov Protocol" from 1928?
  • Lithuania
  • Romania
  • Estonia
  • Latvia
Q.9
What name was given to the German assault on the Soviet Union in June 1941?
  • Operation Barbarossa
  • Operation Hohenstaufen
  • Operation Siegfried
  • Operation Hohenschwanstein
Q.10
Which Western European leader (formerly a strong opponent of Stalin and Soviet communism) said at the time of the German attack on Russia in June 1941: "If Hitler invaded hell, I would make favourable representations to the devil".
  • Roosevelt
  • Churchill
  • Chiang Kai-Shek
  • General de Gaulle
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