13. Red Terror

Question 1

Red Terror

Answer 1

The criminalization of the Kadets and their leaders (wiping of opposition)
The Cheka killed over (estimated) 300,000 people between 1918 - 1920
The Assassination of Tsar and his family on the 17th of July, 1918
Children made up 5% of Russian prisoners in Moscow, 1920
The Red Terror was initiated in June, with all political opponents removed from power or arrested.

Question 2

Evidence

Answer 2

First Hand Quotes
Trotsky - “…[the Tsar was murdered to show to the military that] there was no retreating”

Historian Interpretations
Corin - “…the machinery of terror and the police state were created under Lenin”
Lynch - “Under Stalin terror was elevated to a method of government”
Greenwood - “The policy of terror subdued opposition”