1.  starter activity Describe the picture or source here. 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

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

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. 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: Take notes on how each of the following may have led to the Great Terror: Congress of Victors Congress of Victors Stalin’s paranoia Stalin’s paranoia Terror economics Terror economics Murder of Kirov 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 Read p.71-72 and take notes on: Read p.71-72 and take notes on: Stalin’s responses to Kirov’s death Stalin’s responses to Kirov’s death Yagoda’s responses Yagoda’s responses Yagoda Not to be confused with …

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?’ 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. Give a mark out of 10 for each REAL element. Who was the winner and who should be purged? Who was the winner and who should be purged?

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

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