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Russia: 1924-1941 - The Purges And Life In Stalin'S Russia
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Which building housed the headquarters of the secret police, where victims of the Purges were routinely tortured and shot?
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The Kremlin
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The Lubyanka
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The GUM Building
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The Arbat
Q.2
Who took over the leadership of the NKVD in 1939, and continued in this post until Stalin's death?
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Dherzhinsky
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Beria
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Yezhov
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Yagoda
Q.3
Which classical composer's 5th Symphony (1937) was acceptable to the authorities, and helped him to re-establish his reputation?
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Rachmaninov
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Stravinsky
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Khachaturian
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Shostakovich
Q.4
Which group of academic subjects received special emphasis in Stalin's new universities and technical colleges?
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Western European languages
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History, Politics and Philosophy
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Maths, Science and Technology
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Engineering
Q.5
For the USSR's large muslim population these were challenging times, as the government curtailed many of their practices. Which one of the following was curbed?
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The daily calls to prayer
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Charitable giving
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The wearing of the veil by women
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The study of the Koran
Q.6
Tukachevsky was one of the victims of the Show Trials. In what area of Soviet life was he active?
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Medicine
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Engineering
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The army
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The navy
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Who was the author of the 1936 Stalin Constitution?
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Zinoviev
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Rykov
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Bukharin
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Yagoda
Q.8
How did Krestinsky differ from the other accused in the Show Trials?
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He pleaded not guilty at his first appearance
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He pleaded guilty, then changed his plea to not guilty
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He failed to submit a plea
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He failed to turn up to his hearing
Q.9
Which politician's violent death in 1934 unleashed four years of purges?
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Kirov
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Radek
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Sokolnikov
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Litvinov
Q.10
Which of Sergei Eisenstein's films depicts an event from the 1905 Revolution?
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"October"
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"And Quiet Flows the Don"
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"The Battleship Potemkin"
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"The Tempering of the Steel"
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