Chp5.1The establishment of one-party control Flashcards
When the Bolsheviks came to power, who did they claim they were acting in the interests of?
The proletariat
What did the Bolsheviks encourage the people of Russia to think?
that the October/November revolution was a popular uprising
What 3 things did Lenin believe belonged to an old class-ridden world?
- Idea of competing for votes
- allowing different views to exist
- for policy to emerge through discussion and argument
What did Lenin establish as a government?
“dictatorship of the proletariat”
What did Marxist argue that ‘revolutionary morality’ justified?
strong action
Why had Lenin previously attacked Kerensky?
for postponing elections for a Constituent Assembly
How many votes were cast in the Constituent Assembly election?
41 million
What % of the votes did the Bolsheviks secure in the election for the Constituent Assembly?
24%
What % of the votes did the Social Revolutionaries secure in the election for the Constituent Assembly
53%
Why was the elections of the Constituent Assembly not the best time to have them?
as those who voted in areas away from Moscow and Petrograd had little idea what was really happening in the capital, knowing little about the Bolsheviks
After the obvious popularity of the Social Revolutionaries what did Lenin declare?
“we must not be deceived by the election figures. Elections prove nothing”
By the time the Assembly met in January 1918, which group had been outlawed?
the Kadets
By the time the Assembly met in January 1918 why had the Kadets been outlawed?
for expressing approval for Alexei Kaledin, a Cossack general who had begun a counter-revolutionary rebellion in the Don region
Who was the Cossack general who begun a counter-revolutionary rebellion in the Don region who the Kadets had expressly approved ?
Alexei Kaledin
Who chose Chernov to chair the meeting in the Assembly in January 1918 against the wishes of the Bolsheviks who proposed the meeting be chaired by a left-wing SR?
the right wing SR’s who had a majority
Who was Chernov?
- a former Minister of Agriculture under the Provisional Government
- elected chairman of the Constituent Assembly
Due to the majority of right wing SR’s in power in the Constituent Assembly what did the Bolsheviks do?
They had the Constituent Assembly closed and they never met again
What happened when civilians demonstrated against the closure of the Constituent Assembly?
they were fired on and 12 killed
How did the action of killing 12 people who were demonstrating against the closure of the Constituent Assembly contract Marxist Ideology?
as this did not give “power to the people”
It was made increasingly difficult for which 2 political groups to exist?
- Mensheviks
- SR’s
When was the decree on the press?
October 1917
What did the decree on the press in October 1917 do?
this curbed their ability to publish their own newspapers
Who were deemed to be apart of the ‘bourgeoisie’ (2 examples)?
- employers
- priests
What did the bourgeoisie lose the right to do in the new soviet government structure in July 1918?
the right to vote
What year were all other political parties banned?
1921
