Establishment Of The Bokshevik Government Flashcards
What did Lenin tell the Congress of All-Russian Soviets
Bolsheviks had seized power in their name
Who stormed out
Mensheviks and some SRs
What did Lenin set up
A new cabinet dominated by the Bolsheviks
The Council of People’s Commissars (Sovnarkom)
Who was commissar for social welfare? Why is this significant
Alexandra Kollontai
First women in history to become a member of a governing cabinet
What decrees were announced on the 27th October
Decree on peace
Decree on land
What did the decree on peace call for
An immediate truce and a just peace with ‘no annexations or indemnities’
What did the Decree on land state
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
What measures were introduced that benefitted workers
8 hour day
Social insurance for workers
What decrees were made in November
Decree on workers
Decree on nationalities
What did the decree on workers allow
Gave workers’ committees the right to control production and finance factories and to supervise management
What did the decree on nationalities allow
Gave the right of self-determination to the national minorities formerly part of the Russia empire
When did Finland become independent
December
What did Ukraine set up
A parliament
What was abolished in November
The previous legal system and the establishment of elected people’s courts
Abolition of titles and class distinctions
I’m not November what were women declared to be
Women declared equal to men and allowed to own property
Why did Lenin dissolve the Constituent Assembly
Lost the election
When did Lenin dissolve the Constituent Assembly
January 1918
How many days did the Constituent Assembly meet before it was dissolved
1 day
How many seats did the SR get in the Constituent Assembly elections
370
How many seats did the Bolsheviks get in the Constituent Assembly elections
175
What did Lenin say about democracy
‘Make no fetish of democracy’
What did Lenin do in December
Nationalisation of banks
Democratisation of the army
Nationalisation of church land
Formation of the Supreme Economic Council
How was the army democratised
Officer to be elected
Abolition of ranks, saluting and decorations
What were made civil matter
Marriage and divorce making them out of the control of the church
What did the Supreme Economic Council do
Coordinate economic activity
Examples of initial opposition to the Bolsheviks
Civil servants refused to work for the Bolsheviks
Banker refused to finance the government
How many days did it take to secure the state bank
10 days
Examples of resistance across Russia
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
Which area did the Bolsheviks not control
The countryside
What did Lenin suggest he would consider
A coalition with other socialists and allowed left wing SR join the Sovnarkom (expected to follow Lenin)
What methods did the Bolsheviks use to see off opposition
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
Limitations of the Bolshevik parties grip on power
Lost the November Election
Took 4 years of civil war for them to fully control Russia
