How accurate is it to say that Stalin’s use of terror in the 1930s was fundamentally similar to Lenin’s use of terror in the years 1918–24? Flashcards
How accurate is it to say that Stalin’s use of terror in the 1930s was fundamentally similar to Lenin’s use of terror in the years 1918–24? (paragraphs)
Main ideas:
Secret police (1)
Violence and red terrors (totalitarianism) (2)
Terror on party (3)
What happen between 1918 and 1922, (3) (LENIN)
the SR, Mensheviks and anarchists were removed and deported (sent into exile in other countries). Russia became a one-party state.
What was Tambov rising (2) (LENIN)
Protest in the Tambov about war communism. imprisonment in concentration camps as approximately 240,000
How many soldiers did the Red Army have by 1920? (2)
5 million
What was Lenin the chairman of and what was responsible for
Lenin was the chairman of the government, which was called Sovnarkom (the Council of People’s Commissars).
He was responsible for Russia’s development into a brutal dictatorship, rather than into a genuinely equal socialist society.
The centralisation of power under his control was typical of his leadership style.
What did the Secret Police NKVD have to do in 1935 (Stalin) (1)
in 1935, the NKVD had quotas for how many arrests it needed to make.
This meant that citizens were often arrested for no crime at all.
What were show trials and what happened (2) Stalin
A show trial is a public trial in which the judicial authorities have already determined the guilt, and/or innocence, of the defendant. publicly broadcast shows terror
What did Stalin do within his own party. (1)
Purge 35,000 officers and 8 generals in red army
What does Sheila Fitzpatrick (1999)
Terror was a ‘systematic characterisation of Stalinism in the 1930s’
What happened with Kirov (3)
Killed him which removed Stalin’s main rival. Provided a scapegoat for him to arrest his rivals and launch mass campaign to hunt down enemies
How many prisoners were there in GULAGS by 1941? (2)
8 mil
What did Stalin do with politburo populating the Politburo in this way meant Stalin was not faced with opposition and could easily force through his own agenda.
Populated politburo with own friends and eliminated opposition rid of Ryutin and Kirov and getting Molotov in
How many died during the Red Terror (September 1918 to February 1919), between 50,000 and 140,000 people were executed, and concentration camps were established on the Solevetsky Islands.
140,000. Concentration camps on solevtsky island
How many died during the Red Terror
140,000
What happened In February 1918 (LENIN), (1)
Bolshevik decrees became more extreme. The party could now force anyone to do hard labour and could execute anyone who resisted.
