Extra detail: the consolidation of the Communist dictatorship Flashcards
When were all other political parties banned?
1921
Who fell under the title of the ‘bourgeoisie’?
- Employers
- Priests
- Anyone who was regarded as ‘middle class’
In practice anyone who the Bolsheviks decided was untrustworthy
What territories did Russia lose in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Bessarabia, Georgia, Belarus, the Ukraine
Who fell under the title of the ‘exploiting classes’?
Businessmen, the clergy and tsarist officials
What did Lenin believe was the first step to true socialism?
The establishment of a ‘dictatorship of the proletariat’
What did Lenin believe the first step to true socialism required?
The active repression of counter-revolutionary elements
Why were the Kadets outlawed?
For expressing approval for Alexei Kaledin, a Cossack general who had begun a counter-revolutionary rebellion in the Don region
Which group had already been outlawed by the time the Assembly first met?
The Kadets
What happened when civilians protested the closing of the Assembly?
They were fired on and 12 were killed
What’s an example of how it was made increasingly difficult for other groups to exist?
The decree on press curbed their ability to publish their own newspapers
Why were the German negotiators particularly angry that Trotsky was dragging out peace proceedings?
They knew that Bolsheviks were using propaganda to stir up mutiny in the German army
Which Bolsheviks voted against the peace?
Bukharin, Kamenev and Dzerzhinsky
Why was the decision to pull out of the war important for the future direction of the soviet state?
- Established that ‘socialism at home’ would take priority over international revolution
- Confirmed that Russia would be a one-party state
When did the Bolsheviks formally adopt the title of the ‘Communist Party’?
March 1918
When were workers put in charge of the railways?
January 1918
