Everything Else 1 Flashcards
Perfect on the Treaty of Brest-Litvosk:
“his reputation as the nations wise and imminent leader grew”
Essay sentence on Red Terror:
Lenin unleashed a regime of Red Terror to force a rebellious populace into submission and preserve Bolshevik power.
‘Socialist Fatherland in Danger’ Decree allowed:
Cheka were guaranteed the power to imprison and execute without trial
‘Socialist Fatherland is in Danger’ Decree created:
21 February 1918
Red Terror killed:
140,000 over 3 years
Figes on Bolsheviks crushing Kronstadt:
“There could not be a more conclusive proof the Bolsheviks had turned into tyrants”
Marxist-Leninism:
A classless society with all means of production is commonly owned.
Grain requisitioning replaced:
With a ‘tax in kind’
Ella Shyster on reform towards women:
“The Revolution gave me the right to feel equal to any man”
Edward Acton on Bolshevik ideology:
“The Bolsheviks compromised their ideals to stay in power”