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A-Level History: Tsarist And Communist Russia - 1855-1964 > 19 - Lenin's Russia: Ideology And Change > Flashcards

19 - Lenin's Russia: Ideology And Change Flashcards

1
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What book did Lenin write in 1917? What did he explain in it?

A

State and Revolution

Ideology

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What was Lenin concerned about the transition of when the Bolsheviks achieved power?

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Socialism

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What determined early Bolshevik rule over Lenin’s ideology? What State did this develop?

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Circumstances

Soviet state

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4
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What Marxist view did Lenin follow? What did Lenin hope for?

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Government should be in the hands of “the people”

Democracy

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What did most Russians, along with Lenin, believe a revolution was all about?

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Ending all social privileges

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6
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What did the peasants do to nobles’ land?

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Distributed it out

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What did workers take control of in the cities? What call of Lenin’s did they respond well to?

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Factories

“The looting of the looters”

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What did workers confiscate from the bourgeoisie? What happened to it?

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Property

It was shared

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What were the wealthy forced to do under the workers?

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Manual labour

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10
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What did Lenin and Trotsky believe would create a socialist society? What event did they hope this would emerge from?

A

World revolution

Great War

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During WW1, what 2 groups did socialists take on in a civil war? Why was this important?

A

Employers and government

It strengthened Marxism

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12
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What Marxist idea was based on societies such as those in Germany and Britain?

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“Dictatorship of the Proletariat”

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13
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What would “dictatorship of the proletariat” mean for urban workers? How much of the Russian population were peasants during WW1?

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They were a “majority”, not one

80%

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14
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What military advance continued during WW1?

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German military advance

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What did the Bolsheviks promise to Russians? What were they forced to sign?

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Peace
An armistice (cease-fire)
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16
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Who played for time in German treaty negotiations? What was he hoping for in the West?

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Trotsky

Revolution

17
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What did Lenin insist that Russia accepts? What did some not like about it?

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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

It was humiliating for Russia

18
Q

What did Lenin believe was more important than an international revolution? What foundation did this create for Stalin?

A

Russian revolution

“Socialism in One Country”

19
Q

Who did Lenin believe should exercise the “dictatorship of the proletariat” movement?

A

Bolsheviks

20
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Who did Lenin have no interest in sharing power with? What did he close to show this?

A

Other socialists

He closed the Constituent Assembly

21
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What Soviet did Lenin increasingly bypass to show no enthusiasm in socialists?

A

Petrograd Soviet

22
Q

How was Sovnarkom run after March 1918? Who left Sovnarkom at this time?

A

Bolshevik-only Sovnarkom

Remaining SRs

23
Q

What party did the Bolsheviks become in March 1918?

A

Communist Party

24
Q

What War had a huge impact on the development of the Communist Party? What became more centralised as a result?

A

Civil War

Government

25
Q

What did the Communist Party resort to in order to enforce laws?

A

Terror

26
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What could a highly centralised government be portrayed as in the Communist Party?

A

Fulfilling socialist goals

27
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What policy did “War Communism” allow? What did this policy allow?

A

New Economic Policy (NEP)

More capitalist practices

28
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What ban did Lenin inflict on the Party for tight unity? Who later used this to defeat their rivals?

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“Ban on factions”

Stalin

29
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What location was persecuted under Lenin?

A

Church

30
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Whose powers were extended under Lenin?

A

Secret police

31
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What trials were used to condemn SRs?

A

“Show trials”

32
Q

What 2 organisations shaped policy under Lenin?

A

Central Committee

Politburo

33
Q

How many members were in the Politburo? Which 3 key figures did this include?

A

7

Stalin, Lenin and Trotsky

34
Q

What new post was created in order to co-ordinate Party work? Who filled this post?

A

General Secretary

Stalin

35
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What does Historian D. Volkogonov argue the Bolshevik system embodied?

A

“The Bolshevik system embodied Lenin’s own personality”

A-Level History: Tsarist And Communist Russia - 1855-1964 (39 decks)

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