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1
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What was the bread ration in Petrograd by 1918?

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50g/per day

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How much of Russia’s grain was Ukraine responsible for producing?

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35%

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What did the Decree on Food Supply do?

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outlawed private trade of grain and intro GR
13 May 1918

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How many people died in the 1920 Famine?

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5mil from disease and starvation

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5
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What did peasants do to GR agents?

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Killed 15,000 of them 1918-20

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How many major peasant rebellions broke out in 1921?

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50

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Key features of the Tambov Rebellion?

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  • 50,000 ppl in guerilla army
  • 1920-21
  • took 12mo for RA to suppress
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What proportion of Russian factories experienced worker strikes in 1920?

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3/4

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What happened in Petrograd in Feb 1921?

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General strike

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What did the NEP do for peasants?

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  • legalised private trade
  • only pay a 10% tax + ‘in kind’
  • areas hard hit by famine no tax for 2 (?) yrs
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How many RA conscripts were demobilised at the end of the Civil War?

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4.4mil

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12
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What happened to urban populations as a result of the 1920 Famine?

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P pop dec 70%
M pop dec 50%

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Economic outcomes of War Communism

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Buying power 1920 = 2% of 1914
Industrial output = 13% of pre-war levels
Steel output = 4% of pre-war levels
Iron ore = 1.5% of pre-war levels
Copper prof = ceased entirely

(change - worsening econ situation)

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How did the Bolsheviks punish those involved in the Kronstadt Rebellion?

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2300 Kr executed later by Cheka/6459 sent to gulags

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How many German troops were involved in their Jan 1918 offensive?

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700,000

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Outcomes of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

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  • Lose 32% farmland incl Ukr = “breadbasket of R”
  • Lose 1/3 Eur terr
  • Lose 89% iron ore/coal reserves
  • Lose 54% industrial enterprises
  • Lose 26% railways
  • 3bn roubles reparations (war cost 1.5bn)
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17
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Why and when did the Bolsheviks reintroduce conscription?

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29 May 1918 bc only 360,000 volunteer

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Key features of the RA during the Civil War

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  • Harsh discipline: cap punishment for retreat/desertion/abandoning equip/inciting others
  • Reintro conventional army X ppl’s militia – ranks + units
  • Former T officials in charge = “mil experts” – holds fams hostage
  • Reintro conscription 29 May 1918 bc only 360K volunteer
  • Delegated specialised tasks to “mil experts”
    → army of 5 mil men by end 1920
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19
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How many soldiers deserted the RA by the end of 1921?

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4mil??

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20
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Details of ‘nationalisation from below’

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  • in M/P for every 1 factory nat by govt, 4 seized by workers
  • Workers = lack management skills → unsus pay rises + take equip + stocks
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21
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How many deserters were arrested by the Cheka during 1918 and 1919?

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1918 - 500,000
1919 - 800,000

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How did the Bolsheviks punish those involved in the Tambov Rebellion?

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1920-21 100,000 peasants + fams sent to gulags → 15,000 killed

(Gulags = high mortality + “repeated massacres”)

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23
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What happened at Astrakhan?

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12-14 Mar 1918
Astrakhan strikers + RA soldiers → 2,000-4,000 killed
also 600-1,000 bourg killed

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What happened at the Putilov steelworks?

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strike → 900 arrested + 200 killed by Cheka

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How many bourgeoisie did Zinoviev order the execution of after the issuing of the Decree on the Red Terror (5 Sep 1918)?

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500 → 1000s more over next months

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Why was the food situation bad when the Bolsheviks took power?

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  • peasants were hoarding grain in response to T’s grain quotas
  • military was being prioritised for rail access
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Why were the Bolsheviks able to suppress the Tambov Rebellion?

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Tambov Rebellion/Gr armies defeated by mid-1921 bc RA able to redivert forces occupied in Poland

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28
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Red Army size end 1920

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5 mil

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29
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How large was the population of Red Army controlled areas?

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70mil

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30
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How many desertions from the Red Army by 1921?

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4mil

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31
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How many troops in White Army?

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Oct 1920
37,000

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32
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How large was the population of White Army controlled areas?

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8-10mil

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33
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Who fought in the White Army?

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Former tsarist/PG officers, K pol, bourg, patriots appalled by TBL, Cossacks

H/e Cossack support X harnessed until too late bc initially opp to Cossack ind movements

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34
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Who attacked Moscow 5months apart?

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Denikin + Kulchak

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35
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White Army slogan

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“Russia shall be great, united and undivided”

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36
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What was the result of corruption/political infighting in the White Army?

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“Generals Revolution”

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37
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Where did Britain control during the Civil War?

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Port in Arcangel
Oilfields in Azerbaijan

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38
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What percent of food in cities were sourced illegally as a result of banning private trade?

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60%

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39
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How big was the Tambov Rebellion?

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20,000-40,000 rebel peasants
Spread to neighbouring regions

40
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What tactics did the Red Army use against the greena armies?

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Poison gas to flush rebels out of forests
Threatened/punished family members

41
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Impacts of grain requisitioning

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disrupt practice of saving 2 yrs grain reserves
grain harvest prod 1917-21 86%

42
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Role of natural disasters in casuing the 1920 famine

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Samara region rainfall May 1920 3mm instead of 38mm
→ 20% food-prod areas = total crop failure

43
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How many people were affected by the famine?

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20mil

44
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How much did Moscow + Petrograd’s populations decrease due to food scarcity in the 1920 famine?

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M pop dec 50%
P pop dec 70%

45
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How many lives did the Brit Save the Children Fund + US ARA save during the 1920 Famine?

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14mil lives

46
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How many Russian were the US ARA feeding during the 1920 Famine?

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10mil/day summer 1922

47
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Why was the Kronstadt Revolt a military threat?

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  • 23km off coast of P
  • superior navy
48
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Why was the Kronstadt Revolt a moral threat?

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  • newspapers highlight ways Bol X achieve Gapon’s 1905 demands + ‘worse than Nic’
  • “reddest of the red” (Trotsky) → dec credibility of claim to defend rev b/c going against key participants in Oct Rev
49
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Farming provisions of NEP

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  • GR replaced w tax ‘in kind;
  • no tax first 2 yrs for famine-affected areas
  • allowed to keep + sell surplus
50
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Cash provisions of NEP

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  • cash wages reintro
  • phase out st supplied services/rationing
  • new gold standard currency intro
51
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Trade provisions of NEP

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  • markets/priv trade legalised
  • small factories leased/sold to priv owners
  • econ ties w foreign st resume → trade agreement w Brit 1922
52
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Working conditions provisions of NEP

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  • labour armies = abandoned
  • cont strict st control over key sectors of econ = “commanding heights of the econ:
53
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Effectiveness of NEP

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  • Agriculture, light industry, manufacturing, electricty = returned to/exceeded pre-war levels by 1926
  • Livestock = more than pre-war
  • Improved farming methods incl crop rotation
  • Delt w Scissor Crisis (1923-24) effectively
54
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Lack of effectiveness of NEP

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1922 dec 500K workers in heavy ind
iron-ore mined = 1/2 of pre war
steel prod 1926 = still only 3/4 of 1913
Emergence of the ‘NEPmen’ = speculators on stock market

55
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What were the different views within Sovnarkom about the NEP?

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Lenin = pragmatic → Willing to compromise comm ideals + take up to 10 yrs

Zinoviev = prag + ideal → building R’s strength to start worldwide soc rev

Left of party = ideal → NEP is betrayal of Bol ideals

56
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Why was the left of the party opposed to the NEP?

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  • Concessions to peasantry = betrayal of the workers (“New Exploitation of the Proletariat”)
  • Spoiling victories of CW
  • Concerned it would destroy party from w/in - “malignant cancer” (Service)
57
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How many peasants did Lenin order to be hanged in Penza?

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100

58
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How many members of Prolekult were there at its peak?

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800,000

59
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What was ‘people’s theatre’

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Theatre = nationalised → mass productions abt heroic rev tales

60
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How big were ‘people’s theatre’ performances?

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1920 Palace Sq = 500-piece orchestra, 8,000 participants + 100,000 spectators

61
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What did the Decree on the Elimination of Illiteracy

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26 Dec 1919
→ mandatory lit training for all R age 8-50
→ est 16K reading rooms in rural areas
→ free intensive courses for adults who showed potential
→ compulsory schooling age 8-11 yo

62
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How many children attended school regularly?

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80% in 1926 vs 49% in 1915

63
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Literacy rates

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51% in 1926 vs 23% in 1900

64
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Gender disparity in literacy rates

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women = 37% vs men = 66%

65
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Decree on Peace

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26 Oct 1917
o “peace w/out indemnities”
o response to ongoing issue of WWI - already cost 1.5bn rubles

66
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Decree on Land

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27 Oct 1917
o legally sanctioned land seizure + redistribution of land
o response to lack of Bol support in rural areas

67
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Decree on Press

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27 Oct 1917
o banned Kadet newspapers + destroyed printing presses
o response to cont K support in cities

68
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Decree on the Eight-Hour Work Day

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29 Oct 1917
o guaranteed 8hr work day
o response to longstanding workers’ demands since Gapon’s petition in 1905

69
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Decree on Independence and National Self-Determination

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2 Nov 1917
o Response to cont resistance in Cossack regions → allow autonomy for Bol support regions to dec internal division

70
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Decree on Worker’s Control

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14 Nov 1917
o established workers committees - advised + approved actions of “bourgeois experts”
o response to longstanding workers’ demands since Gapon’s petition in 1905

71
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Decree on the Cheka

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7 Dec 1917
o est Cheka - initially quite benign w power to confiscate ration cards, publish lists pub enemies + interrogate ppl - power expanded Jan 1917
o response to social unrest post-Oct Rev (wine riots + emergence of Alekseev’s Volunteer Army)

72
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Decree on Marriage

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31 Dec 1917
o gave women equal right to marriage/divorce + equal pay
o response to work of Alexandra Kollontai &co in the Oct Rev

73
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How many votes did the Bolsheviks get vs the SRs?

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9.8mil vs 17.5mil

74
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What percentage of Russians voted?

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70% (100% in some rural areas?)

75
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Decree on the Dissolution of the Constituent Assembly

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6 Jan 1918
o dissolved democratically elected CA → reinstate Sovnarkom as ruling power
o response to Bol losing pop election (SRs recieve x2 votes than Bol) + CA refusing to honour new decrees

76
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Decree on the Establishment of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army

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28 Jan 1918
o reinstated traditional mil structure w/ ranks + titles
o response to the emergence of WG opp

77
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Russian concession in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

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o Lose 32% farmland incl Ukr = “breadbasket of R”
o Lose 1/3 Eur terr
o Lose 89% iron ore/coal reserves
o Lose 54% industrial enterprises
o Lose 26% railways
o 3bn roubles reparations (war cost 1.5bn)

78
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How many Russians volunteered for the Red Army by May 1918?

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360,000

79
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Decree on Nationalisation

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28 June 1918
o nationalised all factories/businesses w/ 10+ workers or 5+ workers + heavy machinery
ended workers’ committee/TUs
o response to ‘nationalisation from below’ → SC failure

80
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Decree on the Red Terror

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5 Sep 1918
o est gulags → imprison ‘class enemies’
authorised Cheka to execute anyone suspected of being involved in WG activities → later also dissident peasants + fams
o response to attempted assassination of L + successful assassination of 2 senior Sovnarkom members Aug 1918
o Gulags = high mortality + “repeated massacres”

81
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What percentage of prostitutes in Moscow were former bourgeoisie?

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42%

82
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How much did land cultivation decrease due to grain requisitioning?

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40%

83
Q

Strikes in 1921

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Feb 1921
118 strikes in Petrograd

84
Q

How many Menscheviks were arrested in 1921?

A

2000

85
Q

How many 10th Party Congress delegates were conscripted to fight to Kronstadt revolt to boost morale?

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300

86
Q

Kronstadt vs RA troop size

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16,000 vs 50,000

87
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Losses from Kronstadt Revolt

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10,000 RA
5,000 Kr

88
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How many Kronstadt rebels were executed by Cheka/sent to gulags?

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2300 exec
6459 to gulags

89
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Key concerns at 10th Party Congress

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  • Increasing bureaucratisation of the government.
  • The role of worker’s unions.
  • The Politburo’s dominance over lower levels of the party.
  • Frustration that the NEP was a surrendering the peasantry at the expense of the workers.
  • NEP itself
90
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Worker’s Opposition key features

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Concerned about militarisation of workplace/bureaucratisation of party → want inc prole involvement in workplace mgmt

91
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Democratic Centralists key features

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concerned abt bureaucratisaition of party + leadership stifling inner-party debate → want to reinvigorate dem centralism

92
Q

How many priests/nuns/monks were killed + arrested?

A

7000 killed
1000s more arrested

93
Q

Persimfans

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1922-32
orchestra w/out conductor + started exactly on time = modelling ‘New Sov Man’

94
Q

How many intelligensia were arrested?

A

May-Sep 1922
120 arrested + deported to Fr + Ger

95
Q

How many SRs were brought to show trials?

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June-Aug 1922
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