AOS2 Consequences of Revolution Stats Flashcards
When did the Sovnarkom officials, finally get access to money from the state bank?
20th November 1917
When was the Cheka created?
7th December 1917
How many staff did the Cheka start with?
initially 23 staff
when was the assasination attempt on Lenin?
January 1918
When was the land decree?
27th October 1917
When was the Press Decree passed?
27th October 1917
When were the workers guarenteed an 8 hour working day?
29th October 1917
When was the workers control decree passed?
14th November 1918
When was the decree promising the right to national self determination passed (or the independene of ethnic minorities) ?
2nd November 1917
When did finland declare their independence?
17 November 1917
When was the old duma and crime system replaced by the peoples courts?
24th November 1917
When was the Armstice with Germany signed?
December 1917
How many decrees were introduced?
(when the bolsheviks went into power)
116
When was the Supreme Council of the National Economy (Vesenkha) created?
2nd December 1917
For every factory nationalised by the govt. how many more were overtaken without permission?
For every one factory nationalised by govt. 4 more were overtaken without permission.
How many grams of bread were Petrograd citizens living off during the challenges of ‘state capitalism’?
50g per day.
When were elections for the C.A. initially proposed and where were they pushed back to?
Initially = 17th September
Pushed back = 12th November
1917
When did voting for the C.A. start?
12th November
When was the C.A. meant to open?
5th January 1918
How many votes + seats did the SRs get?
17.5 million votes + 370 seats
How many votes + seats did the Bolsheviks get?
9.8 million votes + 175 seats
How many votes + seats did the Left SRs get?
2.9 million votes + 40 seats
How many votes + seats did the Kadets get?
2 million votes + 17 seats
When was the Decree on Political Parties banning all non-socialist parties introduced?
28th November
When did the Left SRs join Sovnarkom?
12th December
When was Martial law declared in Petrograd + Sovnarkom issued ban on large public gatherings as well as pro-Bolshevik troops brought into the city?
5th Jan 1918
What time did the first session of the C.A. start?
4pm
What time did the Bolsheviks + left SRs stage a walkout of the C.A.?
2am
What time did the C.A. chairman (Chernov) close the C.A.?
5am the following day (6th Jan)
What time did the delegates discover the Tauride Palace to be locked and the declaration disbanding the C.A.?
5pm 6th January
When was the Decree on Peace introduced?
26th October 1917
When was the armistice?
25th December 1917
When did negotiations occur b/w Trotsky and the German High Command?
January - February 1918
When did German workers go on strike?
Late January 1918
How many German workers went on strike?
400,000
When did the Germans present the Bolsheviks with the ultimatum to accept peace terms?
Early February
When did German troops enter Russia and how many were there?
18th February
700,000 troops
When did the Soviet govt. move the capital to Moscow?
12th March 1918
When did kerensky rouse support from Krasnov’s crossaks?
End of October 1917
When did the bolsheviks take control of moscow?
they had to fight till the 2nd of december
When did the Red guards and Krondstant sailors defeat Krasnov’s forces?
30th October 1917
When did General Alekseev recruit a volunteer army?
early dec 1917
When was the decree; of Officers + on the organisation of Authority in Army + the decree on the Equalisation of Rights of all serving in the army passed?
16th december 1917
When was trotsky put in charge as the Commisar for war?
23rd feb 1918
how many former tsarist officers were recruted for the workers and pesants red army?
50,000
When did trotsky reinstate conscription? (how many ppl were willing to fight before he did this)
29th May 1918 due to only 360,000 men volunteering to fight
how many ppl had deserted the army by 1921?
estimated 4 million
How many troops did the red army have by the end of 1920?
5 million troops
how many soldiers were in the Czech legion
40,000
from what date onwards did the czech legion start battling local military forces?
22nd may 1918 onwards
when was the komunch founded?
(what does it stand for?)
stands for: committee of Members of the constituent assembly
8th of june 1918
when was the city of Kazan captured by the peoples army? + how far is it from moscow
August 1918
800km from moscow
how many people were led by General Denkin in the white army?
150,000 ppl
how close did the Denkin troops get to Moscow?
came within 300k of moscow (nov 1919)
when was Denkins army defeated?
early 1920
how long did komuch last? who overthrew it
8 weeks
Admiral Kolchak took over (war minister)
when was kolchak executed?
killed by bols feb 1920
how many ppl were the north-western army?
14,400 at its peak
when was the north-western army formed?
estonia 1918
When did the north-western army reach the suberbs of petrograd?
november 1919
When did the japanese land on the Vladivostok in the far east?
April 1918
What years did the Green forces led by Anarchist Nestor Makhno have control of Tambov (the se of Ukraine)?
& what year could the Bolsheviks finally go there?
1919-1920
no go area for bols till mid 1921
When did a newly independent Poland invade Ukraine?
April 1920
When was the Treaty of Riga signed?
March 1921
How many gold roubles did Russia have to pay in to Poland following the Treaty of Riga?
30 million
What population did the Soviets control in central European Russia?
70 million
What population did the Whites control?
8-10 million
From when and what number of Red guards did Trotsky transform into a professional army?
1918: 500,000 disorganised Red Guards
1920: 5 million in a professional army