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Stalin chapter 2
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Question | Answer |
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What did Tsar Nicholas II do on February 27, 1917? | He gave up the throne |
What were Lenin’s two propaganda slogans and how were they lies? | Piece, land, and bread. All power to the soviets. |
On what day did the Bolsheviks enact their coup d’etat (still celebrated in Russia today as the “October Revolution”) to topple the Provisional Government? | Oct 25, 1917 |
What does it mean when Factories, mines, merchant ships, the oil industry, and all large businesses were nationalized | It means the government now owns all those industries. |
What was the Cheka and how did it operate? | The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission. They were a secret police. |
Which country was most generous in giving aid to Russia during the great famine of 1921? | USA. America! |
Who was Stalin’s main rival for supreme power in the Communist party? | Trotsky |