Establishing The New Communist State Flashcards
1
Q
What was Lenin’s new government called?
A
Sovnarkom.
2
Q
What were the two mains aims of the Sovnarkom?
A
To end war & redistribute land.
3
Q
What decrees did Sovnarkom issue?
A
Land: 220mil hectares from aristocracy to peasants.
Work: 8hr day & 40hr week introduced.
Press: non-Bolshevik newspapers made illegal.
Political police: Cheka set up.
Banking: All banks placed under government control.
4
Q
What was necessary to secure the future of Sovnarkom?
A
Getting rid of the Constituent Assembly.
5
Q
What did Lenin do about the Constituent Assembly’s threat to the Sovnarkom?
A
Allowed it to meet once in January 1918, then dissolved it using the Red Army.
6
Q
When did Lenin set up the new government?
A
November 1917.
