Communist Control And Terror Flashcards
Who did the Bolsheviks face opposition from ?
- other political parties
- Those with alternative interests
- ideologically opposed social groups
Why were the Bolsheviks left in sole power in 1917?
The Mensheviks and sr walk out from the soviet congress with the leaders being arrested and opposition new papers banned
What was wage against the middle and upper classes
Class warfare
What did the outbreak of civil war lead to ?
A new wave of persecution against real and perceived enemies
Victims of the red terror
SRs and Mensheviks
Anyone labelled bourgeois
Suspected traitors and their families
Workers accused of counter revolution
Nepmen
Presets
Royal family
What was the chekas responsibility during the red terror
Tracked down and destroyed, the families of suspected, traitors, compressions, and names, of course as well trained by torture
Local Cheka agents sort out undiscovered opposition
How many people were killed from 1918-1921
Up to a million with the others being sent a Siberian labour camps when Nanny died
Stalin and opposition to 1932
He is a series of show Charles between 1928, 1923, bourgeoisie managers, specialist and engineers were accused of sabotage or counterrevolutionary activities
What was the crisis of 1932
This is a timer strikes and famine voices of opposition will hide within the party elite. Ryutin even organise a petition for salons removal.
What did Stalin conduct between 1933+35
A purge of the party
What did the 17th party congress in 1934 show
A unity masked underline divisions. Some politburo members wanted to maintain the pace of industrialisation of others, suggested stop in forcible, grain, seizures, and increasing workers rations.
Who was murdered in December 1934
Kirov and despite a cover-up, Stalin was probably implicated. This provided an excuse for a decree allowing MKV day to rest and execute anyone found guilty of terrace plotting.
What happened during the years 1937, and 1938
The great purges merged with the Yezhovshcina
Terra was spread downwards into every town and village, increasingly hair ordinary citizens
What did the NKVD do ?
Thank AVD watched everyone, even neighbours and friends, many where executed and died in prison
When did the purchase end
Tell if your purchased after 1938, when it became clear that they were damage and industry in Administration and threatening to destabilise the state
