Bolshevik Consolidation 1918 - 24 Flashcards
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25th October 1917
The delegates of the second All-Russian Congress of Soviets voted 500 to 170 for a socialist government to replace the overthrown PG. they were expecting this to be a socialist coalition government along the lines of Petrograd soviet.
But Lenin did not want to share power. He believed the Bolsheviks were acting in the best interest of the working class and that this gave him complete authority.
Nov 1918
Constituent assembly elections. SRs won the majority of seats. The consistent assembly met for one day attempted to redraft the Bolshevik decrees then was closed by troops and never opened again
When was the armistice with Germany agreed
December 1917
When was the treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed
3 March 1918. It meant the loss of 62 million people (1/6 of russias population), 2 million square kilometres of land, responsible for one third of russias agricultural production, 1/4 of Russias railway lines, 3/4 of Russias iron and coal supplies.
The Bolsheviks also had to pay 3 billion roubles in war reparations.
It was very unpopular and caused the left wing SRs to walk out the sovnarkom in protest.
When did Trotsky become head of the new red army
March 1918
When was the first constitution proclaimed
July 1918
The 1918 constitution
Set out the power structure of the new regime. Congress of soviets only met at intervals throughout the year, between those times the sovnarkom ruled Russia. Sovnarkom consisted solely of Bolsheviks after the left SRs walked out following the treaty of Brest litovsk. Workers votes were worth 5 peasant votes.
When was the civil war
Early 1918 - 20 but Bolsheviks fight the poles until 1921
First main stage of civil war
1918 -20 mainly fought in east and south of Russia. The Bolsheviks held the area around Moscow and were attacked on different sides by the whites.
Second main stage of civil war
1920 -21 was more a nationalist conflict against the polish armies that had invaded western Ukraine. Russian forces led by general tukhachevsky, were able to drive the poles back. This led to the treaty of riga in march 1921
Civil war 1918
April -may - the Czech legion seizes part of the trans-Siberian railway. War begins.
August - denikin and kolchaks white armies make rapid advances
November - kolchak declares himself ‘supreme ruler’ of Russia
Civil war 1919
October - denikins army advances within 200 miles of Moscow. Yudenichs army advances to the outskirts of Petrograd.
Civil war 1920
February - kolchak is captured and shot
March - denikins army is evacuated to the Crimea
May - beginning of the Russo -polish war
October - wrangels army is evacuated from the crimea. The Bolsheviks establish control.
Civil war 1921
March - the treaty of riga is signed
When was the tsar and his family murdered
July 1918 by the Cheka in the Ural Mountains
What was the name given to the Bolshevik state in Jan 1918
The Russian soviet federal socialist republic
When was the politburo formed
1919 from the party’s central commitee it quickly took over the running of both the party and the government
State capitalism - 1917
Feb - Decree on land (abolished private ownership of land)
Nov - decree on workers control of factories (gave workers greater control over the running of factories)
December - nationalisation of the banks
When was war communism
1918 -21
War communism 1918
June - war communism was introduced
September - intensification of the red terror, nationalisation of factories and railways
War communism 1919
Jan - start of compulsory grain requisitioning
War communism 1920
August - outbreak of the Tambov revolt
December - industrial production at 20% of 1913 levels
When was the NEP
1921
NEP 1921
March - Kronstadt rising and NEP introduced
June - final defeat of the Tambov revolt
