Bolshevik Consolidation

Question 1

Consolidation of Dictatorship

Answer 1

by end of 1917 Bols had Pet M and had made big advances in power but = 1 of groups competing for power

Question 2

Establishing 1 Party Control

Answer 2

seized power in name of Pro but not how ruled
25th Oct delegates for ARCofS voted 500 to 170 for soc gov expected coalition
L wanted complete auth

Question 3

Removal of CA

Answer 3

PG org elections for Nov 1918 Bols = 175 seats SRs 410 & others 97
L said proved nothing & met for 1 day trying to redraft Bol decrees and then never again
L created dic by proletariat
5th Jan 1918 Kadets = banned

Question 4

Ending Involvement in WW1

Answer 4

had promised peace & L convinced Ger near rev - believed boundaries = less NB than values
Armistice Dec 1917 = dif Ger occupying large areas
L & T disagree - split CC - B led Rev War Group
T incharge of negos - Ger ended A and advanced
T of BL = unpop LWSRs walked out and only passed by 1 after L threat resign

Question 5

T of BL Terms

Answer 5

lost 62 mil ppl 1/6 of pop
2mil square KM of land = 1/3 of agri prod 3/4 iron & coal supplies & 3 bill roubles in reparations

Question 6

Consolidation of 1 Party State

Answer 6

w’s in charge of railways
R = secular
Nationalised industrial & land
March 1918 T = head of RA M = cap
1st July Sov Constitution - to make reality need to win CW
Red Terror Crushed

Question 7

1918 Constitution

Answer 7

1. Sovnarkom (app by congress to run when con not in session) - in practice had m power only Bols after TofBL
2. CEC (con deps elec)
3. ARCofS (dept from local sovs) - only met at intervals
4. local sovs
   July 1918 mems of exploiting classes X hold office
   w’s votes = 5x p’s in elects to con only Bol nominees

Question 8

Class Warfare

Answer 8

Bour = enemies of the ppl