What is the Soviet Union and Where is it Going?

(1936)

Written; 1936.

First published: 1937.

Translated. by Max Eastman.

Transcribed for the Internet: by Zodiac between August 1993 and March 1996.

::: quiz

1. What year was Stalin's announcement that it was time to stop gossiping about the existence of a Right deviation in the Politburo?
1928
1929
1930
1931
2. Who was the head of the government accused of speculating on the economic difficulties of the Soviet power?
Tomsky
Rykov
Bukharin
Stalin
3. What slogan was belatedly, but all the more decisively, condemned?
"Get rich!"
"Catch up with and outstrip"
Both A and B
Neither A nor B
4. What was the fundamental element borrowed in toto from the platform of the shattered Left Opposition?
The minimalist five-year plan
The new plan
The slogan "Achieve the five-year plan in four years"
The focus on Dnieperstroy
5. What is the blame for the sacrifices made during collectivization attributed to?
The blind, violent, gambling methods with which it was carried through
The concept of collectivization itself
The peasants who resisted collectivization
The lack of resources in the country :::

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