RUSSIA: T1 Communist Goverment Flashcards
(19 cards)
Sovnarkom
cabinet, head of Soviet govt, elected by All-Russian Congress of Soviets, 1917-46
When was the Bolshevik revolution?
October 1917
When was the revolution that ended tsarist rule?
February 1917
“On Party Unity” (1921)
Lenin’s ban on factions following divisions in the party
When was the Tambov peasant revolt?
1921 (January)
When was the Krondstadt naval rebellion?
1921 (March)
How many years were the Tsars in power before 1917?
343 years
When was Kirov’s murder (Stalin used it to blame Stalin’s opponents)?
1934
When was the trial of the 21, who did it execute?
1938, and led to Bukharin’s death
How did Stalin win the Politburo?
1923-25 Sided with right to attack left
1925-28 Sided with remnants of the left to attack right
1928 undisputed leader
How did the centre of power change in the civil war?
Moved away from the inefficient Soviets (state) and towards nomenklatura middle-class (party)
Sovnarkhozy
Khrushchev’s 105 economic councils, implemented 1957 then reversed 1958
How many gulag prisoners were released 1953-56?
800,000
What did Khrushchev criticise in the 1956 secret speech?
Stalin’s:
1) Terror
2) Personality cult
What did the 1962 party reform do?
Split the party in half: half for industry, half for agriculture
Gerontocracy
Government of old people, created by Brezhnev’s stability of cadres policy
Stability of cadres
discouraged promotion or demotion, led to gerontocracy and no risk of replacement if you are corrupt
What was the average Politburo age in 1982?
75 years old
How was Brezhnev implicated in corruption?
His daughter was involved in smuggling millions of $ of diamonds out of the USSR
