Consolidation Of Bolsheiks Flashcards
Constituent assembly
By the time they met in Jan 1918 Kadets had already been outlawed
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When RW SR was chosen to chair it, the bolsheviks forcibly closed it
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12 killed for demonstrating against this
What was Lenin’s justification for seemingly dictator behvauoir
A dictatorship of the proletariat was required to crush any bourgeois attitudes that remained
Sovnarkoma
- ThIS sidelined the PG, showing Lenin had no intention of sharing power
- Ruled by decree without seeking soviets approval
- Began peace talks with Germany without reference to the soviets
- Local soviets retained their importance but brought into new Bolshevik dominated power structure
What showed Bolshevik position was far from secure by end of October
Threat from kernskys armed forces
October 29th
Army cadet uprising in Petrograd crushed by red guard
Workers decree and decree on land
Workers: established 8 hour max day
Land: abolished private ownership of land, won support from peasants from SRs
Press decree
Banned opposition press
Decree on peace
End to war without annexation
What 4 things were done in the early months to combat opposition
- Propaganda campaign against ‘class enemies’
- Anti Bolshevik newspapers closed down
- Leading Kadets and Mensheviks imprisoned in December
- Establishment of Checka
- Middle class lost right to vote
Why did Lenin not see himself as a dictator
Convinced that establishment of the dictatorship of the proletariat would require active suppression of counter revolutionary elements
When was the election for constituent assembly held
November 1917
What happened to the constituent assembly
Forcibly closed it
When we’re all political parties banned
1921
Why was making peace with Germany difficult
- Germany was occupying large amount of Russain lands
