Theme 1 - Changes to Government under the Civil War

Question 1

When was the Politburo established

Answer 1

• 1919

Question 2

What was the role of the Politburo

Answer 2

• Became centre of Party policy
• Government increasingly became tool for executing the polices of the politburo
• Sovnarkom met less frequently in the 1920’s
• Local soviets (theoretically where workers & farmers could be heard) was restriced to party members

Question 3

When was Lenin’s ban on factions

Answer 3

• 1921

Question 4

What did the Ban on Factions mean

Answer 4

• Central committee descisions had to be accepted by the party as a whole

Question 5

When was the role of General secretary established

Answer 5

• April 1922