Death of Stalin: video questions, differentiated

Comprehensive, thorough, 16-minute documentary really drills down into the events. His death, could he have been saved? Burial, mourning. No successor. Beria, Malenkov, and Khrushchev are candidates. Beria releases 1.3 million prisoners. Yugoslavia and East Germany considered. Beria arrested and executed in December. Malenkov and Khrushchev’s approaches contrasted: relaxation of total state control, light industry and consumer goods, reducing tax; the Virgin Lands campaign. Molotov attacks both candidates. Khrushchev elected First Secretary. Krushchev’s investigation against the MGB. Malenkov resigns as head of the Soviet of Ministers. Molotov, Malenkov, and Kaganovich work against Khrushchev. 20th Congress speech. Destalinisation, reactions around Eastern Bloc, and especially Georgia. Molotov, Malenkov Bulganin, and Kaganovich abolish the position of First Secretary of the Communist Party, Khrushchev demoted to Minister of Agriculture. Zhukov and the army loyal to Khrushchev - Molotov, Malenkov and Kaganovich denounced and had them expelled from Central Committee and Presidium. Zhukov promoted then dismissed. The post-Stalin period: end of mass repressions and terrors; attempts to improve international relations, The Thaw.

14 questions for the 16-min film Differentiated! Both versions look very similar, but “B” version has subtle clues. Questions right up to the end, no slack time! Excellent subtitles, scripted, not auto-generated. Answer sheet. Very easy to mark. .doc & .pdf for all files.

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