chapter seventeen

Question 1

what were the three types of opposition the bolsheviks faced

Answer 1

the political groups from both the left and the right
their many opponents from the rest of the empire (tsarist officers to capacious peasants)
ideological opposition (the bougeroise and upper classes)

Question 2

when did Lenin ban opposition press

Answer 2

october 27 1979

Question 3

what did Lenin do with political opposition/threats

Answer 3

arrested them (so many were arrested that other prisoners were being released to accommodate the political prisoners) as well as exiled or excecuted

Question 4

when was the civil war

Answer 4

1918-1921

Question 5

what rights did the sovnarkom give the cheka

Answer 5

authority to find, question, arrest and destroy anyone suspected traitors and their families

Question 6

how many mensheviks were shot in retrograde alone

Answer 6

500

Question 7

how did local chekas escalate the red terror

Answer 7

they were kern to show loyalty and would discover opposition/traitors where there were none to fill quotas/have more impressive numbers

Question 8

when was the tsar and family shot

Answer 8

17 July 1918

Question 9

how many priests were executed 1921

Answer 9

8000

Question 10

what did the ban on factions mean for terror within the communist party

Answer 10

had to prioritise unity, and basically agree with anything the central committee/Lenin said