knowledge test 5 Flashcards
(19 cards)
what was trotsky’s role in the revolution
organising and administering the forces required to take control of russia
who were the red guards
a force of factory workers directed to seize key vantage points in petrograd
how many deaths during the bolshevik revolution
6
who were the cossacks
members of the elite cavalry regiment of the tsars
who were the amazons
special corps of female soldiers recruited by kerensky
which groups did not support the bolshevik coup
SR and mensheviks
what key building did the bolsheviks seize
the winter palace
what was the name of the new government set up by the bolsheviks
the all russian congress of soviets
what was sovnarkom
russian for government or cabinet
what new title we’re ministers given
commissars
when were elections held for the new constituent assembly
november 1917
which party got more votes than the bolsheviks
SR
for how long did the constituent assembly meet before the bolsheviks closed it down
one day
what were lenin’s decrees
decree on peace, land, workers control and nationalisation
when was the peace treaty signed
march 1918
what proportion of its population did russia lose after the treaty
one third
what proportion of heavy industry did russia lose after the treaty
one half
how much in reparations did russia have to pay from the treaty
3 billion roubles
who were the left communists
the bolsheviks that believed driving the german armies out of russia would consolidate the october revolution
