Establishment Of The Bokshevik Government Flashcards

1
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What did Lenin tell the Congress of All-Russian Soviets

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Bolsheviks had seized power in their name

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2
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Who stormed out

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Mensheviks and some SRs

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3
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What did Lenin set up

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A new cabinet dominated by the Bolsheviks

The Council of People’s Commissars (Sovnarkom)

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4
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Who was commissar for social welfare? Why is this significant

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Alexandra Kollontai

First women in history to become a member of a governing cabinet

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5
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What decrees were announced on the 27th October

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Decree on peace
Decree on land

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6
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What did the decree on peace call for

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An immediate truce and a just peace with ‘no annexations or indemnities’

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7
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What did the Decree on land state

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Gave peasants the right to seize land from the landlords without compensation and to divide it up as they wanted

Private ownership of land abolished

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8
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What measures were introduced that benefitted workers

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8 hour day

Social insurance for workers

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9
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What decrees were made in November

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Decree on workers
Decree on nationalities

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10
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What did the decree on workers allow

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Gave workers’ committees the right to control production and finance factories and to supervise management

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11
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What did the decree on nationalities allow

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Gave the right of self-determination to the national minorities formerly part of the Russia empire

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12
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When did Finland become independent

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December

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13
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What did Ukraine set up

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A parliament

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14
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What was abolished in November

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The previous legal system and the establishment of elected people’s courts

Abolition of titles and class distinctions

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15
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I’m not November what were women declared to be

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Women declared equal to men and allowed to own property

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16
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Why did Lenin dissolve the Constituent Assembly

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Lost the election

17
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When did Lenin dissolve the Constituent Assembly

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January 1918

18
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How many days did the Constituent Assembly meet before it was dissolved

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1 day

19
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How many seats did the SR get in the Constituent Assembly elections

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370

20
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How many seats did the Bolsheviks get in the Constituent Assembly elections

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175

21
Q

What did Lenin say about democracy

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‘Make no fetish of democracy’

22
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What did Lenin do in December

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Nationalisation of banks
Democratisation of the army
Nationalisation of church land
Formation of the Supreme Economic Council

23
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How was the army democratised

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Officer to be elected
Abolition of ranks, saluting and decorations

24
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What were made civil matter

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Marriage and divorce making them out of the control of the church

25
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What did the Supreme Economic Council do

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Coordinate economic activity

26
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Examples of initial opposition to the Bolsheviks

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Civil servants refused to work for the Bolsheviks

Banker refused to finance the government

27
Q

How many days did it take to secure the state bank

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10 days

28
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Examples of resistance across Russia

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Fighting between those loyal to the provincial government and the Bolsheviks

Kiev strong resistance

Railway and communication workers went on strike protesting against the creation of a one party state

29
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Which area did the Bolsheviks not control

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The countryside

30
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What did Lenin suggest he would consider

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A coalition with other socialists and allowed left wing SR join the Sovnarkom (expected to follow Lenin)

31
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What methods did the Bolsheviks use to see off opposition

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The Cheka
Imprisoning Kadets and made illegal
Right wing SR and Mensheviks arrested
Purged civil service and loyalty made key
Closed down anti Bolshevik newspapers
Class enemies propaganda used

32
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Limitations of the Bolshevik parties grip on power

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Lost the November Election

Took 4 years of civil war for them to fully control Russia