AOS2 Consequences of Revolution Stats Flashcards

1
Q

When did the Sovnarkom officials, finally get access to money from the state bank?

A

20th November 1917

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2
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When was the Cheka created?

A

7th December 1917

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3
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How many staff did the Cheka start with?

A

initially 23 staff

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4
Q

when was the assasination attempt on Lenin?

A

January 1918

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5
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When was the land decree?

A

27th October 1917

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6
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When was the Press Decree passed?

A

27th October 1917

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7
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When were the workers guarenteed an 8 hour working day?

A

29th October 1917

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8
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When was the workers control decree passed?

A

14th November 1918

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9
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When was the decree promising the right to national self determination passed (or the independene of ethnic minorities) ?

A

2nd November 1917

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10
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When did finland declare their independence?

A

17 November 1917

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11
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When was the old duma and crime system replaced by the peoples courts?

A

24th November 1917

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12
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When was the Armstice with Germany signed?

A

December 1917

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13
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How many decrees were introduced?

(when the bolsheviks went into power)

A

116

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14
Q

When was the Supreme Council of the National Economy (Vesenkha) created?

A

2nd December 1917

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15
Q

For every factory nationalised by the govt. how many more were overtaken without permission?

A

For every one factory nationalised by govt. 4 more were overtaken without permission.

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16
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How many grams of bread were Petrograd citizens living off during the challenges of ‘state capitalism’?

A

50g per day.

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17
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When were elections for the C.A. initially proposed and where were they pushed back to?

A

Initially = 17th September
Pushed back = 12th November

1917

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18
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When did voting for the C.A. start?

A

12th November

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19
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When was the C.A. meant to open?

A

5th January 1918

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20
Q

How many votes + seats did the SRs get?

A

17.5 million votes + 370 seats

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21
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How many votes + seats did the Bolsheviks get?

A

9.8 million votes + 175 seats

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22
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How many votes + seats did the Left SRs get?

A

2.9 million votes + 40 seats

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23
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How many votes + seats did the Kadets get?

A

2 million votes + 17 seats

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24
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When was the Decree on Political Parties banning all non-socialist parties introduced?

A

28th November

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25
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When did the Left SRs join Sovnarkom?

A

12th December

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26
Q

When was Martial law declared in Petrograd + Sovnarkom issued ban on large public gatherings as well as pro-Bolshevik troops brought into the city?

A

5th Jan 1918

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27
Q

What time did the first session of the C.A. start?

A

4pm

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28
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What time did the Bolsheviks + left SRs stage a walkout of the C.A.?

A

2am

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29
Q

What time did the C.A. chairman (Chernov) close the C.A.?

A

5am the following day (6th Jan)

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30
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What time did the delegates discover the Tauride Palace to be locked and the declaration disbanding the C.A.?

A

5pm 6th January

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31
Q

When was the Decree on Peace introduced?

A

26th October 1917

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32
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When was the armistice?

A

25th December 1917

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33
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When did negotiations occur b/w Trotsky and the German High Command?

A

January - February 1918

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34
Q

When did German workers go on strike?

A

Late January 1918

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35
Q

How many German workers went on strike?

A

400,000

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36
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When did the Germans present the Bolsheviks with the ultimatum to accept peace terms?

A

Early February

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37
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When did German troops enter Russia and how many were there?

A

18th February
700,000 troops

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38
Q

When did the Soviet govt. move the capital to Moscow?

A

12th March 1918

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39
Q

When did kerensky rouse support from Krasnov’s crossaks?

A

End of October 1917

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40
Q

When did the bolsheviks take control of moscow?

A

they had to fight till the 2nd of december

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41
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When did the Red guards and Krondstant sailors defeat Krasnov’s forces?

A

30th October 1917

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42
Q

When did General Alekseev recruit a volunteer army?

A

early dec 1917

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43
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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?

A

16th december 1917

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44
Q

When was trotsky put in charge as the Commisar for war?

A

23rd feb 1918

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45
Q

how many former tsarist officers were recruted for the workers and pesants red army?

A

50,000

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46
Q

When did trotsky reinstate conscription? (how many ppl were willing to fight before he did this)

A

29th May 1918 due to only 360,000 men volunteering to fight

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47
Q

how many ppl had deserted the army by 1921?

A

estimated 4 million

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48
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How many troops did the red army have by the end of 1920?

A

5 million troops

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49
Q

how many soldiers were in the Czech legion

A

40,000

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50
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from what date onwards did the czech legion start battling local military forces?

A

22nd may 1918 onwards

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51
Q

when was the komunch founded?
(what does it stand for?)

A

stands for: committee of Members of the constituent assembly
8th of june 1918

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52
Q

when was the city of Kazan captured by the peoples army? + how far is it from moscow

A

August 1918
800km from moscow

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53
Q

how many people were led by General Denkin in the white army?

A

150,000 ppl

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54
Q

how close did the Denkin troops get to Moscow?

A

came within 300k of moscow (nov 1919)

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55
Q

when was Denkins army defeated?

A

early 1920

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56
Q

how long did komuch last? who overthrew it

A

8 weeks
Admiral Kolchak took over (war minister)

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57
Q

when was kolchak executed?

A

killed by bols feb 1920

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58
Q

how many ppl were the north-western army?

A

14,400 at its peak

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59
Q

when was the north-western army formed?

A

estonia 1918

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60
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When did the north-western army reach the suberbs of petrograd?

A

november 1919

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61
Q

When did the japanese land on the Vladivostok in the far east?

A

April 1918

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62
Q

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?

A

1919-1920
no go area for bols till mid 1921

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63
Q

When did a newly independent Poland invade Ukraine?

A

April 1920

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64
Q

When was the Treaty of Riga signed?

A

March 1921

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65
Q

How many gold roubles did Russia have to pay in to Poland following the Treaty of Riga?

A

30 million

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66
Q

What population did the Soviets control in central European Russia?

A

70 million

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67
Q

What population did the Whites control?

A

8-10 million

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68
Q

From when and what number of Red guards did Trotsky transform into a professional army?

A

1918: 500,000 disorganised Red Guards
1920: 5 million in a professional army

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69
Q

How far apart were the Kolchak and Denikin offensives on Moscow?

A

5 months

70
Q

When did the Cheka increase in staff and to what number?

A

Mid-March 1918 the Cheka increased to 1000 staff

71
Q

When did Fanya Kaplan attempt to assassinate Lenin?

A

August 1918

72
Q

When was the decree ‘On Red Terror’ passed?

A

5th September 1918

73
Q

How many suspected counter-revolutionaries were arrested and how many did Zinoviev order to be executed?

A

1000s middle & upper class were arrested
Immediate execution of 500 ‘bourgeois’ hostages

74
Q

How many counter-revolutionaries were executed during the Red Terror?

A

250000 killed or executed
2 million indirect deaths

75
Q

When did Lenin decree the Hanging Order?

A

8th August 1918

76
Q

How many people were killed after Lenin’s Hanging Order?

A

100 peasant dissidents

77
Q

When was The Tsar and his family killed?

A

17th July 1918

78
Q

How long did it take to kill the Tsars family and how many shots were fired?

A

exercutions took 20 mins and they were shot at over 70 times and bayonetted

79
Q

During the Red terror, how many deserters were arrested in 1919 and 1920 respectively?

A

500,000 desseters in 1919
800,000 in 1920

80
Q

When was the Tambov Rebellion?

A

1920-1921

81
Q

How many peasant rebels and their families were imprisoned or deported during the Tambov Rebellion?
And how many were executed?

A

100,000 imprisoned or deported
15,000 exercuted

82
Q

The red terror

What was the date that: in the city of Astrakhan were strkers, and the red army soldiers who joined them loaded into barges and then thrown into the Volga with stones around their necks

A

Between 12 and 14 March 1919

83
Q

During the red terror in the City of Astrakhan, how many people were shot or drowned, and how many bourgeoise were killed?

A

b/w 2000 to 4000 were shot or drowned
600 to 1000 bourgeoisie were killed

84
Q

What date did the Cheka storm the Putilov factor?

A

16 March 1919

85
Q

When the Cheka stormed the Putilov factory, how many workers were arrested and exercuted without trial?

A

Executed = 200
arrested = 900

86
Q

During the White terror, how many Jews were killed

A

b/w 50-200,000 Jews

87
Q

White terror:
When was the Zionviev- Resolution on ‘current movement’ put into place?

A

17th December 1918

88
Q

When were the bread rations in Petrograd at 50g/day?

A

February 1918

89
Q

In January 1917 what was the proletariat in Petrograd?

A

3.6 million

90
Q

In January 1919 what was the proletariat in Petrograd?

A

1.4 million

91
Q

When were centralised economic policies introduced? (Prelude to W.C.)

A

Summer 1918

92
Q

When was the Decree on Nationalisation

A

28th June 1918

93
Q

By November 1920 what factories had been nationalised?

A

over 10 workers employed or over 5 workers with powered machinery

94
Q

When were the bourgeois mobilised for compulsory labour service?

A

October 1918

95
Q

When was private trade made illegal?

A

21st November 1918

96
Q

Between when did the bagmen supply city-dwellers with what % of their bread?

A

Between 1918-1918 bagmen supplied city-dwellers with 60% of their bread

97
Q

When was the class-based food rationing system introduced?

A

July 1918

98
Q

When was the Committees of the Poor created?

A

11th June 1918

99
Q

When was the Committees of the Poor abandoned?

A

December 1918

100
Q

When did requisitioning squads start taking grain?

A

January 1919

101
Q

Between when and by what % did the amount of land under cultivation drop?

A

Between 1917-1921 land under cultivation dropped by 40%

102
Q

Between when and by what % did the harvest yields drop?

A

Between 1917-1921 harvest yields dropped 37%

103
Q

How many houses were destroyed b/w 1919-20 for fuel?

A

3000 wooden houses in Petrograd

104
Q

How much did the 1920 wages buy compared to 1914 wages?

A

2% of what 1914 wages bought

105
Q

How many people did Pravda admit were starving in 1920?

A

1 in 5 Russians

106
Q

Shift in demographics in 1920

A

Petrograd = 70% pop decrease
Moscow = 50% pop decrease

107
Q

Decrease in working population b/w 1917 and 1920

A

From 2.6 million to 1.2 million

108
Q

Industrial output b/w 1917 and 1920

A

13% of pre-war levels

109
Q

Steel output b/w 1917 and 1920

A

4% of pre-war levels

110
Q

Iron ore levels b/w 1917 and 1920

A

1.5% of pre-war levels

111
Q

Copper production levels

A

had ceased entirely

112
Q

Average rainfall in Samara and actual rainfall

A

Average in may was 38.8mm but in 1920 was only 0.3mm

113
Q

What precent of crop producing areas experiences total crop failure

A

20%

114
Q

How many ppl were affected by the famine

A

Above 20 million esp. in Ukraine + Volga region

115
Q

How many predicted deaths due to disease or starvation were there?

A

at least 5 million deaths

116
Q

How many lives did American Relief Administration and Britains Save the children fund in Russia save?

A

Estimate 14 million

117
Q

How many people were the ARA feeding in Russia per day in the summer of 1922

A

10 million

118
Q

When was Prodrazverstka applies with even greater severity in response to peasant unrest?

A

mid-1920s onwards

119
Q

How many decrees were introduced in the first year of Sovnarkom and of those how many passed through the CEC for consideration?

A

480 Sovnarkom decrees
68 were considered by CEC

120
Q

When did Sverdlov die?

A

March 1919

121
Q

When was it clear that the Bolsheviks had won the Civil War?

A

End of 1920

122
Q

When were workers becoming cold, hungry and unemployed, leading to ^ frustration?

A

Winter 1921

123
Q

How many separate cases of strikes directly against the government occured in Petrograd late February 1921?

A

118 separate cases
1000s of workers going on strike

124
Q

When did the Kronstadt Sailers send a delegation to Petrograd?

A

1921

125
Q

When was an emergency meeting held on the Petropavlosk & Sevastopol?

A

28th February 1921

126
Q

When and how sailers rallied in Kronstadt’s Anchor Square?

A

1st March 1921
1000s of sailers

127
Q

When was the Provisional Revolutionary Committee formed (Kronstadt)?

A

2nd March 1921

128
Q

When and how many soldiers did Trotsky send to Kronstadt?

A

7th March 1921
50,000 Red Army

129
Q

How many Kronstadt Sailers put up a strong defense at the Revolt?

A

16000

130
Q

How many Red Army casualties were there in the Kronstadt Revolt?

A

700 dead
2500 wounded

131
Q

How many 10th Party delegates went with the RA to Kronstadt?

A

300 delegates

132
Q

What were the overall losses of the Kronstadt Revolt?

A

10,000 RA soldiers
5,000 KS
Cheka executed 2300 sailers
6459 KS send to labour camps/prison

133
Q

When did lenin reverse the policies of war communism at the 10th party congress?

A

8th March 1921

134
Q

what year was state capitalism?

A

1918

135
Q

By what years had the production output of most industies increased/ stabilised by

(under NEP)

A

1926/27

136
Q

By what year were strikes steadily increasing, after the introduction of the NEP?

A

1922

137
Q

What was the average wage for urban workers in 1920 compared to 1926?

in roubles/ week

A

1920 = 7.1 roubles per week
1926 = 35 roubles per week

138
Q

what was the grain harvest in (millions of tons) in 1921 compared to 1926?

A

1921= 46.1 million tones
1926= 76.8 million tones

139
Q

what was the electricity (million kWh) from 1921 compared to 1926?

A

1921= 530 kWh
1926= 3508 kWh

140
Q

after recovering from the famine grain production rose to levels simlar to the harvests of what year?

A

1909-1913

141
Q

by what year was the rural sector outproducing the manufactoring sector?

A

mid 1920s

142
Q

what year was the scissors crisis obvious by?

A

1923

143
Q

how many market holders which sold commodities were forcibly closed down in 1923-24?

A

250,000

144
Q

by what time was the scissor crisis resolving?

A

August 1924

145
Q

what percentage of the Russian population was able to read and write?

A

25-30%

146
Q

When was the decree on the elimination of illiteracy? (Likbez)

A

26th December 1919

147
Q

When literary training was compulsory, what were the ages this applied to?

A

8 to 50

148
Q

What was the ratio of fighting to learning the Red army implemented?

A

2 days learning
7 days fighting

149
Q

Throught the 1920’s how many reading rooms were implemented?

A

16,000 established in provincial touns accross the soviet republic

150
Q

When was the decree on Marriage?

A

December 1917

151
Q

When was the formation of the Womens rights program? (Zhenotdel)

A

1919

152
Q

Who was the leader of the womens rights programe?

A

Initially headed by Armand but from 1920 onwards = Kollontai

153
Q

When did the state comission for electrification take place? (GOLERO)

A

1920

154
Q

How many roubles were invested into the electrification program

A

1 billion roubles

155
Q

When did lenin die?

A

21st Jan 1924

156
Q

When did Stalin become general secritary of the party?

A

April 1922

157
Q

When did opposition from the greens become subded?

A

August 1921

158
Q

When was russia in the silver age of literacy and artistic experimentation?

A

1920’s

159
Q

Upon the theaters popularity, how many spectators/ participants/ orchestra- did one preformance held in 1920 have?

A

100,000 spectators
8000 participants
500 piece orchestra

160
Q

When was the cheka replaced by the GPU?

A

Feb 1922

161
Q

When did the GPU change to the Cheka

A

July 1923

162
Q

What was the staff-to-kills ratio of the Okhrana compared to the Cheka?

A

Okhrana = 15,000 staff
14,000 killed in the last 50 years of tsarist rule

Cheka= 100,000 staff + 160,000 frontier troops
up to 140,000 killed, plus another 140,000 during rebellions

163
Q

When was the first Soviet criminal code?

A

June 1922

164
Q

When was the first show trial? + how many social revolutionaries were brought to trial?

A

Between June and August 1922
34 SR’s

165
Q

How many Menshiviks were arrested following the 10th party congress, and in what year?

A

1921: about 2000 Mens arrested + many fled overeas

166
Q

When did lenin order the GPU to examine achademic + literary journals for bourgeois influence?

A

May 1922

167
Q

By spetember 1922 how many interlectuals had been imprisioned?

A

1920

168
Q

In 1922-23 when the Communists claimed that the church needed to provide funds for famine relief, and in the insuing bloody conflict what were the casualties?

A

1000s of arrests + deaths of aprox 7000 priests, monks and nuns

169
Q

When was the 10th party congress?

A

8-16th march 1921

170
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A