Q.1
What proportion of the Soviet population lived on the land In 1928 (the year before the collectivisation programme began)?
  • 75%
  • 90%
  • 82%
  • 61%
Q.2
What name was given to so-called "rich peasants", who were eliminated as a class in the course of collectivisation?
  • Boyars
  • Nepmen
  • Kulaks
  • Petty Bourgeoisie
Q.3
Almost all collective farms were of one type: land and livestock were pooled, and these much larger units benefited from economics of scale, as peasants became wage labourers and no longer landowners. What was the Russian name given to this kind of farm?
  • Sovkhoz
  • Kolkhoz
  • Mir
  • Druzba
Q.4
The "Chief Executive of Corrective Labour Camps" was set up to run institutions - mainly in Siberia - to punish those who resisted collectivisation. What acronym was used for this organisation?
  • GULAG
  • KOMSOMOL
  • PRIPYAT
  • KRASNA
Q.5
Roughly how many prisoners were held in GULAG labour camps by 1931?
  • More than 2 million
  • Just over 1 million
  • Roughly 3 million
  • Just below 4 million
Q.6
What name is given to the large Federated Republic of the Soviet Union (sometimes called the "bread basket of Europe"), which lies immediately north of the Black Sea coast and contained some of the best farmland in the USSR, as well as some of the country's key industrial installations?
  • White Russia
  • Moldavia
  • The Ukraine
  • Armenia
Q.7
By which year was 98% of agricultural land collectivised?
  • 1937
  • 1933
  • 1939
  • 1941
Q.8
Grain production was an important criterion by which to judge the success (or otherwise) of the policy. To what extent had grain production changed between 1928 (the latest pre-collectivisation year) and 1935 (when Stalin considered that he was over the worst)?
  • A very slight rise
  • A very slight fall
  • A huge fall
  • A huge rise
Q.9
Stalin was keen that collective farms should benefit from Mechanical and Tractor Stations (MTSs). What was the main purpose of these?
  • To be available for collective farms to hire tractors and other modern farm equipment
  • To be available for collective farms to buy tractors and other modern farm equipment
  • To repair existing equipment
  • To train peasants to use modern equipment
Q.10
Stalin confided in 1944 to a foreign guest: "Collective farm policy was a terrible struggle...Ten millions...It was fearful. Four years it lasted. It was absolutely necessary..." To whom was he speaking?
  • Roosevelt
  • Churchill
  • General de Gaulle
  • Sir Stafford Cripps
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