Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Chapter 1

1. What was the work site where Colonel Tretetsky and his men worked?

2. What was the news on August 19, 1991?

3. Who did Stalin blame for the murders of Polish military officers in the 1940s?

4. Who would be undermined if the truth about the massacres is revealed?

5. Where did Tretetsky serve before being assigned to the Military Prosecutor's Office?

6. How many Polish soldiers were killed the first night in Kalinin?

7. How many Polish officers were killed every night for a month in April of 1940?

8. What happened to some of those who executed the Polish officers?

9. Who was one of the key plotters in the August coup?