AOS4: Consequences of Russian Revolution (Key Figures)

Question 1

Vladimir Lenin

1) Contribution to the Revolution
2) Stats/Quotes

Answer 1

1)

• Leader of the Bolsheviks/Soviet Union
• Introduced State Capitalism, War Communism, NEP
• Reforms/policies consolidated dictatorship

2)

Question 2

Leon Trotsky

1) Contribution to the Revolution
2) Stats/Quotes

Answer 2

1)

• Leader of the Red Army (won Civil War/crushed uprisings)
• Commissar of War (Negotiated treaties of Brest-Litovsk and Riga)

2)

Question 3

Felix Dzerzhinsky

1) Contribution to the Revolution
2) Stats/Quotes

Answer 3

1)

• Leader of the CHEKA
• Led Red Terror

2)

Question 4

Alexandra Kollontai

1) Contribution to the Revolution
2) Stats/Quotes

Answer 4

1)

• Commissar for social welfare
• Leader within the Bolshevik party
• Led movement for women’s rights/freedom
• Formed ‘Worker’s Opposition’ which criticised/challenged the Communist party’s repression and censorship

2)