Challenge: Constituent Assembly Flashcards
1
Q
Results of the election
A
Bolsheviks: 24%
SRs: 52%
2
Q
Period of the CA
A
5-6 January 1918
3
Q
Lenin - Impact of CA on ideals
A
‘a complete and frank liquidation of the idea of democracy by the idea of dictatorship’
4
Q
Tom Ryan - Impact of CA on ideals
A
‘The drift towards authoritarian rule was shown by the fate of the Constituent Assembly’
5
Q
Richard Pipes - Use of violence
A
‘The machine gun became for them the principle instrument of political persuasion’
6
Q
Bolshevik polls in industrial cities
A
50-75% in Petrograd and Moscow, demonstrated strong support from the cities
7
Q
Lenin - Importance of cities
A
the town cannot be equal to the country…the town inevitably leads the country
