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In November 1935 Nadezda Allileuva, deeply upset by the hunger and despair caused by Stalin’s policies of Collectivisation and the Five-Year Plans decided to take the ultimate step and committed suicide by placing a gun to her head.

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  1. In November 1935 Nadezda Allileuva, deeply upset by the hunger and despair caused by Stalin’s policies of Collectivisation and the Five-Year Plans decided to take the ultimate step and committed suicide by placing a gun to her head. A personal tragedy that few would have remembered, other than the fact that Nadezda was the wife of someone very important. Read about the Congress of Victors on p.68 and discuss with your partner how far this suicide can be used to explain what happened in Russia over the next two decades starter activity Describe the picture or source here.

  2. Key words: totalitarianism purges Why did Stalin launch the ‘Great Terror’?  Learning objectives TBAT explain causes of Great Terror, compare it to previous Communist repression & assess its extent

  3. Engelsina Cheskova famously gave Stalin a bunch of flowers unannounced at a party meeting in 1936. Stalin was so taken aback he ordered posters, paintings and statues to commemorate this act. Engelsina became a minor celebrity, but her parents weren’t so lucky. Her father ‘disappeared’ and when her mother protested she was sent into exile where she died. However, when Stalin himself Engelsina cried profusely for the loss of her beloved leader. Why did Russians feel this way?

  4.  Your task • Read p.68-9 and take note on the origins of the police state in Russia. • Take notes on how each of the following may have led to the Great Terror: • Congress of Victors • Stalin’s paranoia • Terror economics • Murder of Kirov  Read about Kirov on p.70 – is there any way Stalin could have worked with him or did he have to die!

  5.  Your task Yagoda Not to be confused with … Read p.71-72 and take notes on: Stalin’s responses to Kirov’s death Yagoda’s responses

  6.  Group task • Each table will be given a different cause of the Great Terror. Write a REAL paragraph in answer to the question ‘What was the cause of the Great Purges?’ • Give a mark out of 10 for each REAL element. • Who was the winner and who should be purged?

  7.  Extension • Produce your own factoid on Genrikh Yagoda. Detail: • His early life • His contribution to the Stalinist regime • How he met his end 1891-1938

  8. Key words: totalitarianism purges Why did Stalin launch the ‘Great Terror’?  Learning objectives TBAT explain causes of Great Terror, compare it to previous Communist repression & assess its extent  Plenary

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