Chp5.4Consolidation of the one party state Flashcards
What helped to define the new one party state?
the decrees made by the Sovnarkom
When were workers put in charge of the railways ?
January 1918
Who replaced the Red Guards who were demobilised?
the Red Army of workers and peasants formed to protect the regime
When was Trotsky placed at the head of the Red Army?
March 1918
When was the capital transferred to Moscow?
March 1918
Who were the Red Guards who were demobilised and replaced by the Red Army?
they were volunteers and had helped to carry out the October/November revolution
Under the one party state, although religion had not been banned, what had Russia become?
a secular state with the government giving no further support to the Orthodox Church
What decree removed the Church’s judicial powers and its right to own property with many of its main assets seized?
the separation decree
What did the separation decree mean for the Church? (3)
- removed Church’s judicial powers
- removed right to own property
- many of its main assets seized
What happened to the clergy during the consolidation of the one-party state?(3)
- They were disenfranchised
- left without civil rights
- subject to persecution
How did the Bolsheviks stop religious writings?
the religious printing presses were closed
What calendar did the Russians move to in February 1918 which was used by the rest of Europe?
the Gregorian calendar
What did the Julian Calendar mean for Russia?
they were 13 days behind Western Europe
How did the Bolsheviks remove the appeal of the Social Revolutionaries during their consolidation of the one party state ?
they adopted the policy of the ‘socialisation of land’ which was essentially the programme long advocated by the SR’s
What was proclaimed to oversee the transition to the socialist society in July 1918?
the first Soviet Constitution for the “Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic” (RSFSR)
