Stalin Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What was the situation when Lenin died? | The USSR had just been created; Lenin's NEP had started the economic recovery of the country, but industry and agriculture were still producing less than before the First World War. |
In the later 1920s (after Lenin's death), what did Stalin do? | Consolidated his position and eliminated other contenders for the leadership, especially the main threat, Trotsky. |
By 1928, what was Stalin able to do? | Start on a ruthless programme of rapid modernisation of the USSR. |
By when was Stalin able to start on a ruthless programme of rapid modernisation of the USSR? | 1928 |
What did Stalin make happen in the USSR after he came to power? | Censorship was tightened across all forms of expression; communist propaganda controlled the minds of the population. Anyone suspected of disloyalty - or even of being a possible rival to Stalin-was killed. The ordinary people of the country lived in fear |
What had happened to the USSR by the end of the 1930s? | It was transformed. |
By when had Stalin transformed the USSR? | By the end of the 1930s. |
What did the transformation of the USSR by the end of the 1930s allow? | The USSR to defend itself against Hitler's attack in 1941. |
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