4) Civil War 1918-21 Flashcards
On average how many grams of Bread were people in Petrograd getting in March 1918?
50 grams
Which decrees upset nobles (aristocracy), landlords, industrialists and the Church?
Decrees on Land, Titles and Banking
Who were the Greens?
Subject Nationalities (states that wanted independence and felt let down by the Decree on Nationalities)
Which group wanted the Romanovs to return to power?
Monarchists
Which group opposed the Decree on Political Parties?
Kadets
Which group opposed the dissolving of the Constituent Assembly?
The SRs and the Mensheviks
Which group were against the Decree on Peace?
Nationalists (including Kornilov)
Why did the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk upset many Russians?
They felt that the Bolsheviks had failed Russia by accepting the terms
Who were the Whites?
SRs, Mensheviks, Monarchists, Nationalists, Kadets, etc.
Who supported the Whites?
Russia’s former allies in WW1 (UK, France, USA)
Why did Russia’s former allies help the Whites?
1) The Bolsheviks refused to pay back war time loans
2) The fear of communism
Why did the Czech legion join the Whites?
They were angered when the Bolsheviks tried to take their weapons away when they were travelling towards the Western Front
What key cities did the Reds control in the Civil War?
Petrograd and Moscow
What did the Reds have in their controlled territory that helped with their efforts in the Civil War?
1) Controlled many factories for industrial production
2) Control over most of Russia’s population who were conscripted (forced to) fight in the Red army.
3) The Tsar’s old weapons (2.2 million rifles)
4) Railway network - for better travel
What was the Agitprop?
A Bolshevik ran group who used propaganda (through plays, films and posters) to promote the Reds and criticise the Whites.
