Stalin Biography – Beginnings to 1939
1. At the turn of the century, how many or what percentage of Russians
lived
in villages?
2. What appealed to Lenin about Stalin?
3. What does Stalin translate to in English and what does this tell us about his
personality?
4. How many Russian casualties in the wars first year?
5. Did Stalin have a role in the revolution?
6. Who were the counter-revolutionaries?
7. What was Stalin’s role during the 1918-1921 civil war?
8. What did Karl Marx refer to religion as? What are your thoughts on this
view and why do you think Marx thinks this way?
9. What happened in Kronstadt?
10. In 1922, what role did Stalin have?
11. What did Lenin say of Stalin in his will?
12. Who did Stalin send into exile in 1927?
13. What is collectivisation?
14. Who were the Kulaks?
15. What was the intention of the 1925 First Five Year Plan?
16. What was a Gulag?
17. Why did Stalin start purging his enemies?
18. Who were convicted from 1936-1938?
19. What did Germany and Russia sign in 1939?