Q.1
Which building housed the headquarters of the secret police, where victims of the Purges were routinely tortured and shot?
  • The Kremlin
  • The Lubyanka
  • The GUM Building
  • The Arbat
Q.2
Who took over the leadership of the NKVD in 1939, and continued in this post until Stalin's death?
  • Dherzhinsky
  • Beria
  • Yezhov
  • Yagoda
Q.3
Which classical composer's 5th Symphony (1937) was acceptable to the authorities, and helped him to re-establish his reputation?
  • Rachmaninov
  • Stravinsky
  • Khachaturian
  • Shostakovich
Q.4
Which group of academic subjects received special emphasis in Stalin's new universities and technical colleges?
  • Western European languages
  • History, Politics and Philosophy
  • Maths, Science and Technology
  • 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?
  • The daily calls to prayer
  • Charitable giving
  • The wearing of the veil by women
  • 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?
  • Medicine
  • Engineering
  • The army
  • The navy
Q.7
Who was the author of the 1936 Stalin Constitution?
  • Zinoviev
  • Rykov
  • Bukharin
  • Yagoda
Q.8
How did Krestinsky differ from the other accused in the Show Trials?
  • He pleaded not guilty at his first appearance
  • He pleaded guilty, then changed his plea to not guilty
  • He failed to submit a plea
  • He failed to turn up to his hearing
Q.9
Which politician's violent death in 1934 unleashed four years of purges?
  • Kirov
  • Radek
  • Sokolnikov
  • Litvinov
Q.10
Which of Sergei Eisenstein's films depicts an event from the 1905 Revolution?
  • "October"
  • "And Quiet Flows the Don"
  • "The Battleship Potemkin"
  • "The Tempering of the Steel"
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