CHP4.2 Establishment of Bolshevik authority under Sovnarkom Flashcards
Who was the Menshevik leader?
Tsereteli
How long did Menshevik leader Tsereteli predict the Bolsheviks would last?
That Bolshevik power would last 3 weeks
How many out of the 670 delegates voted in favour of a socialist government?
500
What did Trotsky say to the right wing SR’s as they left the Bolshevik and left wing SR coalition?
said they belonged in the “dustbin of History”
How did Sovnarkom rule?
-Ruled by decree without seeking the Soviets approval
How often did the Sovnarkom meet compared to the Soviet?
Sovnarkom met once or twice a day
-Soviet met increasingly less frequently but continued until the 1930’s
How long did it take the Bolsheviks to persuade the State Bank to hand over its reserves?
10 days
Who at first refused to serve the Bolsheviks?
2
- civil servants
- bankers
What was Kerensky’s forces in Gatchina?
18 Cossack regiments and a small force of SR cadets and officers
During the Revolution, how did Kerensky escape Petrograd?
Used a car from an American Embassy and disguised himself as a nurse
Why did the Bolsheviks appear weak in terms of military after the October rev?
(3)
- Many soldiers from the Petrograd garrison had returned home after the revolution +
- Lenin had no direct contact with troops at the front
- opposition forces were larger
What opposition did the Bolsheviks face on the 29th October?
- an army cadet rose against the Bolsheviks in Petrograd but were defeated by the Red Guard
- The Executive Committee of Railwaymen (Mensheviks, SR’s, Bolsheviks) demanded a ‘united socialist government’ and refused to transport food
Which group of Mensheviks, SR’s and Bolsheviks demanded a ‘united socialist government’?
the Executive Committee of Railwaymen
What happened on the 31st October?
Bolsheviks took control of Baku and in 17 provincial capitals
When were Kerenskys opposition forces defeated?
2nd November 1917
What was the “Declaration of Rights of the Peoples of Russia”? created on the 2nd November 1917
The “Declaration of Rights of the Peoples Russia” permitted the nationalities of Russia to break away and have full independence if they choose to do so
Which 2 places declared their right to control their own affairs after the “Declaration of Rights of the Peoples Russia” by the end of 1917?
- Finland
- Ukraine
What did Lenin do on the 3rd of November?
Lenin declared an ultimatum to end Bolshevik division.
Those who wanted to leave the party could leave
Kamenev was replaced by Sverdlov as Chairman of the “All Russian Central Executive Committee”
When was the first session of the second “All Russia Congress of Soviets” ?
on the first day of the revolution 25th October
Which 2 Bolsheviks spoke out about the coup?
Kamenev and Zinoviev
When the Mensheviks and right wing SR’s walked out of Congress who did they leave in control?
the Bolsheviks and left wing SR’s
Who did the Sovnarkom comprise ?
exclusively Bolsheviks
Who was chairman of the Sovnarkom?
Lenin
What position did Trotsky achieve in the Sovnarkom?
Commissar for Foreign Affairs
