The Battle for Grain
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Who was posted to Tsaritsin in June 1918?

  • Pavel Moritzov
  • Lenin
  • Stalin (correct)
  • Olga Balikina
  • What was the purpose of Stalin purging the city of Tsaritsin?

  • To promote collectivization
  • To build tractors, tanks, and planes
  • To eliminate counter-revolutionaries (correct)
  • To secure food supplies
  • What did Stalin define as a 'profiteer' or 'exploiter' in the text?

  • A farmer who owns a mill
  • A farmer who uses hired labor (correct)
  • A farmer who owns livestock
  • A farmer who owns mechanical agricultural equipment
  • What did the police confiscate from the peasants during the collectivization process?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who accused her own father of stealing wheat from his kolkos?

    <p>Olga Balikina</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the purpose of the requisition brigades?

    <p>To collect grain from the peasants</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was Lenin's suggested punishment for speculators caught not delivering the required amount of grain?

    <p>Execution on the spot</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did Lenin want to issue a decree for taking hostages in grain producing districts?

    <p>To ensure the collection and loading of all surpluses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Surupa disapprove of in the battle for grain?

    <p>Hostage taking</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Lenin believe was the meaning of the dictatorship of the proletariat?

    <p>Pacifying rural Russia through the battle for grain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who did Lenin blame for the food shortages in Russia?

    <p>The farmers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Lenin promise the peasants before the revolution?

    <p>Land seized from the major landowners</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did food shortages worsen in 1918?

    <p>Poor transport system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did some strict Bolsheviks think about inflation?

    <p>It would destroy the reliance on money</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Lenin do to address the food crisis?

    <p>Launched a battle for grain</p> Signup and view all the answers

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