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Consolidation Flashcards

1
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What was Sovnarkom?

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The bolshevik governing body

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2
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What did the Land decree give peasants the right to?

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The right to take over the estates of the gentry and to decide for themselves the best war to divide it up

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What did the workers control decree give factory committees?

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The right to control production and finance in workplaces and to supervise management

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4
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The three main decrees

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  • land decree
  • workers control decree
  • rights of people of Russia decree
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5
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What did the rights of the people of Russia decree do?

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Gave the right of self determination national minorities in the former Russian empire

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Decrees of October 1917 (5)

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  • max 8 hour work day
  • social insurance introduced
  • opposition press banned
  • decree on peace
  • decree on land
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Decrees of November 1918 (5)

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  • the rights of the people of Russia
  • abolition of titles and class distinctions
  • workers control decree
  • abolition of justice system
  • woman declared equal
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8
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Decrees of December 1917 (5)

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  • Cheka set up
  • banks nationalised
  • democratisation of army
  • marriage and divorce declared civil matters
  • church land nationalised
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9
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Decrees of January 1918 (3)

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  • workers control of railway
  • creation of red army
  • church and state separated
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10
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Decrees of February 1918 (2)

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  • nationalisation of industry

* socialisation of land

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11
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What happened to the soviet?

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It’s power was breached by the sovnarkom as it did not seek the soviets approval for decrees

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12
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Why were the Kadets denounced and outlawed?

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They had done well in the constituent assembly elections

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13
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What happened to the leaders of the Kadets?

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They were arrested and two were beaten to death by Bolshevik sailors

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14
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When were the Cheka set up?

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December 7th 1917

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15
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Why did Lenin encourage class warfare?

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It was a means of intimidating the middle classes and terrorising them into submission

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16
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What was the legal system replaced with?

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Revolutionary justice

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17
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What does burzhui mean?

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Bourgeois. A term used for anyone perceived to be an enemy of the peasants or workers

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18
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What happened to anyone accused of being a burzhui?

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Liable to be arrested

19
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What happened to any well dressed person found on the streets?

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Liable to be beaten and robbed

20
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Why did Lenins use of class warfare play well I Russia?

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Workers, soldiers and peasants supported the end of privilege and the moves to make a more egalitarian society

21
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What term was used when titles were abolished?

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Comrade

22
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What did the socialist press encourage?

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The perception that the Burzhui as enemies of the people

23
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What did the state license and encourage?

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People to plunder the houses of the middle classes, to loot the looters

24
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What happened as a result of striking civil servants?

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They were arrested and the civil service was thoroughly purged

25
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Who was put in place of civil servants?

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Junior officials willing to support the Bolsheviks were promoted and Bolshevik officials were brought in

26
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Why did the constituent assembly pose a big threat to Lenin?

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It could claim to be the legitimate body to decide the make up of the future government of Russia

27
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What did Lenin assert that the soviet government represented?

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A higher stage of democracy than an elected assembly containing different political parties

28
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What happened to a crowd who demonstrated in favour of the assembly?

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They were fired upon by soldiers loyal to the sovnarkom

29
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Wen was the decree on peace signed?

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26th of October

30
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What was the benefit of soldiers leaving the front?

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The army couldn’t be used against the bolsheviks but Russian generals

31
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What was the negative of the soldiers leaving the front?

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The German army was free to walk into Russia and take what it wanted

32
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What testy brought peace between Russia and Germany?

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The treaty of Brest-Litovsk

33
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how did the Bolsheviks consolidate their power? (6)

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  1. establish a one party state
  2. the cheka
  3. decrees
  4. removal of constituent assembly
  5. ending WW1
  6. civil war victory
34
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how did the Bolsheviks remove the constituent assembly?

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it was forcibly closed in January and never met again, when civilians demonstrated, they were fired on and 12 were killed

35
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when were all political parties beside the Bolsheviks banned?

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1921

36
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how many people were killed by the cheka in 1918

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50,000

37
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how did decrees help the bolsheviks to consolidate their power?

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  1. many of the decrees were popular with workers

2. outlawed opposition press

38
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how did the civil war allow the bolsheviks to consolidate power?

A

the civil war led to greater government centralisation and increased party control

39
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What happened to the constituant assembly?

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It was allowed to meet for one day (5th Jan 1918) then its doors were closed and deputies were told to go home

40
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What happened to a crowd which demonstrated in favour of the constituent assembly?

A

they were fired upon by soldiers loyal to sovnarkom

41
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Consequences of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk? (3)

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  1. Patriotic Russian horrified by giving away large chunks of the homeland
  2. Caused splits in the party (Left wing wanted revolutionary war across europe)
  3. Left SRs left Sovnarkom in protest
42
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What two events provoked the beginning of the Red Terror?

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  1. Lenin shot

2. Head of the Petrograd Cheka shot and killed

43
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Who was the founder of the Cheka?

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Felix Dzerzhinsky

44
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What did Lenin order in August 1918 in relation to the red terror?

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the implementation of a mass terror against kulaks, priests and white guards

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