Russian History Section 3

• When was the German invasion of the Soviet Union?

  22nd June 1941
• What was the Soviet Unions defence spending by 1940?

  32.6%
• What sapped the strength of the army?

  purges of senior officers in 1936-38
• What type of battleships did Stalin insist on?


  traditional

  cruisers instead of aircraft carriers
• What weaponry did they produce in 1941?

  230 tanks

  700 mil aircrafts

  100,000 + rifles
• What has insufficent funding?

  collective and state farm system

  didnt produce enough to feed the population
• How many party members did Lenin expell?

  150,000
• What was the label under Stalin for the bourgeoise?

  burzhui
• How many party members executed by OGPU and NKVD?

  600,000
• What camps was developed for opposition?

  correction camps

  gulags