Eveything Flashcards

1
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When did the tsar and his family get killed

A

17 July 1918

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2
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What is the unofficial government after the tsar

A

Petrograd soviet

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3
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What is the official government after the tsar

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Provisional government

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4
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What is war communism

A

The harsh economic system that the Bolshevik implanted during the civil war

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5
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What did Lenin describe the knonstard navel revolt as and what did it mean

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‘A flash that lit up reality’. It meant that he had a realisation of what is actually happening in Russia

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6
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What would a fully communist society look like

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Wealth redistribution 
Abolishing privet property 
No inheritance 
No privet trade
No religion 
Gender equality 
Propaganda in early stages
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7
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What were the positive impacts of the NEP on workers

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There wages rose

They were able to buy more expensive stuff

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8
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What was the new name of Lenin’s economic policy

A

NEP

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9
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What years did war communism last for

A

1918-1921

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10
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When did Lenin die and what age

A

21 of January 1924 at the age of 53

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11
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What are the strengths of the Bolshevik

A

Armed with weapons

The red guards were strong

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12
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What are the weakness of the provisional government

A

Don’t have support of the army

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13
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What is the red terror

A

Lenin sending the chaka (secret police) to create a sense of fear about opposing governments leading to them killing 100,000-200,000 people

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14
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What is properganda

A

Information,especially of a biased or misleading nature used to promote a political point of view

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15
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What was the name of the official government set up after the
abdication of the Tsar?

A

Provisional government

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16
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What was the unofficial government set up after the Tsar?

A

Petrograd soviet

17
Q

What is the name given to the idea of the two governments

working together?

A

Dual Government

18
Q

What is the name given to Lenin’s ideas?

A

April Theses

19
Q

What was the “White terror”?

A

Fear of the harshness of the whites based on previous harsh actions
and Red propaganda.

20
Q

What 3 things did he promise?

A

“Peace, bread, land”

21
Q

What are the July Days?

A

3 days of rioting in Petrograd by Bolsheviks and deserting soldiers.

22
Q

What happened to the Bolsheviks after the July Days?

A

Many of them were exiled or imprisoned.

23
Q

Which military leader led a revolt against the Provisional

Government?

A

General Kornilov

24
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What was the result of this revolt for the Bolsheviks?

A

They were seen as heroes.

25
What was the name of the Bolsheviks' armed force?
Red guard
26
How many people signed up to join the Bolshevik armed forces
25,000
27
What were the names of the two sides of the Russian Civil War?
Reds and Whites.
28
Name two groups on the side of the Whites
``` Foreign powers (including America, Britain, France, Japan), Aristocracy, Religious groups, Czech Legion, Royalists ```
29
Name one leader of a White army
Deniken, Wrangel, Yudenich, Kolchak
30
What was the name of the Bolsheviks' armed force changed to?
Red army
31
What was war Communism?
A strict version of Communism used to share out food in the Civil War
32
What was the New Economic Policy?
A form of Communism which encouraged trade and modernisation.
33
How many people died during a famine in 1921?
5 million
34
What did Russia change its name to in December 1922?
USSR