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Establishing Communist Party Control, 1917-24 Flashcards

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1
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When was the Constituent Assembly dismissed and how many seats did the Bolsheviks win?

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The constituent assembly was dismissed in 1918 and they won 175/410 seats

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Decree of land

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They have land to peasants in 1917 by potentially bribery

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3
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Decree on peace

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Treaty of Brest Litovsk which led to 6 billion marks reparations, land ceded - humiliating however Russia had to pull out of WW1 due to its destruction of Russia caused by Tsar and provisional government

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Russian Dominance

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3/4 of the party was Russian

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When was the Soviet Constitution published and what is the called now?

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1924, USSR established

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What is the Politburo?

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Key decision making body consisting of 7 - 9 members who met daily, their power increased over time

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7
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Which groups lost the right to vote?

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Priests, middle classes, employers

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When were newspapers banned?

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1918, for example the SRs

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Lenin’s Personal Power

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Lenin’s Personal Power

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How much did the Sovnarkom grow from 1918 to 1921?

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In 1918, there were 300,000 members to up to 730,000 by 1921

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How much did the party grow by 1924?

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The party grew by 1m members by 1924

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When was Nomenklatura system and what did it lead to?

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The Nomenklatura system was in 1921, it led to a growing bureaucracy

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What did the Chitska lead to?

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The Chitska led to 1/3 of the party being purged from 1918 to 1920

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What did the 10th Party Congress lead to?

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Ban on factions ‘on party unity’ in 1921

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15
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What was used for popular support?

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Propaganda

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What did Lenin threaten to do if he didn’t get his way?

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He threatened to quit

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17
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Who had to rule for Lenin when he had ……. in 1923

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Negative argument for personal power: Kamenev had to rule for Lenin when he had 3 strokes in 1923

18
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What was Lenin chairman of? And what system did Lenin used to run elections?

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He was chairman of Sovnarkom and Politburo, he used democratic centralism

19
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What are some of the characteristics of Lenin?

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Charisma, intelligence, paranoia and cult following

20
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What did Lenin do to deny claims about him?

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He distanced himself from violence, dismissed the idea that there was a cult growing around him and called the claim that he was a dictator of the proletariat ‘utter nonsense’

21
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Civil War

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Civil War

22
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How many men were conscripted to the Red Army under Trotsky?

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5 Million

23
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What was the new capital used as a control centre?

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Moscow

24
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Who were the ‘whites’ that justified violence and deaths?

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They were branded as ‘counter-revolutionaries’

25
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What was ‘War Communism’?

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‘War Communism’ was when grain was requisitioned from peasants to feed the Red Army and Towns

26
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When was the Kronstadt Mutiny?

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1921, it involved sailors

27
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What was the Tambov Rebellion?

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50,000 peasants of the Green Army crushed in 50,000 of Red Army in 1921, 15,000 shot dead

28
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What did the Civil War do?

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Brutalised and militarised the country

29
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How many deaths did the civil war lead to?

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8 Million - tragic Russian Period

30
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What did the Civil War allowed Lenin to do?

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It allowed Lenin to centralised power in an emergency situation

31
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Terror

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Terror

32
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What was the name of the royal family in Russia that was executed on Lenin’s orders?

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The Romanovs

33
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How did Lenin justify their terror?

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They justified it as the ‘vanguard’ leading revolution and a ‘dictatorship of the proletariat’

34
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What was the secret police that was renamed twice and what did they do?

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The Cheka in 1917 renamed to the OGPU in 1921 which could arrest, torture and kill without trial

35
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What did the OGPU grow from?

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It grew from 40,000 to 250,000

36
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Who was the ruthless director of the Cheka?

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Felix Dzerzhinksy

37
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When was the Red Terror and how many deaths was a result of it?

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1917 - 1922, 200,000 deaths

38
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How many Mensheviks were arrested?

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5,000

39
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Innocent civilians such as?

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Bim Bam the Clown

40
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What are some of the examples of groups of the bourgeois that were shot in Moscow?

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Ballerinas, Boy Scouts and Law tennis club

41
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Why were prostitutes killed?

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Cause they were accused of ‘distracting’ soldiers

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