Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1

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

Mass graves.

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

That the State Committee had assumed power.

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

The Nazis.

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

The Polish Communists.

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

Afghanistan.

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

300.

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

250.

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

They went mad and committed suicide.

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