Reason for Bolshevik win: Strategy and Tactics Flashcards
(24 cards)
What did Trotsky reinforce before advancing?
Security of Moscow and Petrograd
What did Trtosky break?
The whites lines of communication
What could the whites not break?
Bolshevik hold on urban areas
What did Bolsheviks do to all political parties?
Banned them and arrested all leaders
What was Cheka?
Bolshevik Secret Police
What was the name of the Bolshevik secret police?
Cheka
What did Cheka do?
Hunted down and arrested anyone who was suspected of hostility towards the Bolsheviks.
Who hunted down and arrested anyone who was suspected of hostility towards the Bolsheviks?
Cheka
What was the impact of the whites not having access to railways?
little chance of co-ordinating their activities
What was the impact of Cheka?
Easier to implement wartime measures
By the end of the war, how many people were executed by Cheka?
100,000 political opponents
What was established in May 1918?
Food dictatorship where grain requisitioning occurred
What happened to most of Russia’s industries?
Nationalised to give the Bolsheviks control of goods and production
What did Trotsky introduce in July 1918?
Mandatory conscription of rural peasantry into the Red army
When did Trotsky introduce Mandatory conscription of rural peasantry into the Red army?
July 1918
What was agitprop?
(agitation propaganda) was used to encourage soldiers.
What was fitted in Trotskys train?
Equipment to produce posters and leaflets.
Cinemas to show propoganda films
Who did the Whites have the support of?
Britain, France and the USA
In July 1918, how did the Bolsheviks put down the Moscow uprsising?
Cheka military detachments
Why were the Tsar family murdered?
Prevent them from falling into the hands of the whites
How many whites were murdered by Cheka?
7,000
What did the Bolsheviks make illegal?
Strikes
Who was the leader of Cheka?
Felix Dzerzinsky
Who was Felix Dzerzinsky?
Leader of Cheka
