Fact Test 5: Civil War Flashcards
What was Lenin’s government of 15 Bolsheviks called?
Council Of People’s Commissars or Sovnarkom.
What was Lenin’s secret police called?
The Cheka
Where was the HQ of the Cheka?
Lubyanka prison in Moscow
How many opponents were executed by the Cheka in 1918?
50,000
How much land was redistributed to the peasants?
500 million acres
What was the Decree on Freedom of Conscience?
It took away the privileged status of the church. It lost all land, its publications were outlawed and all religious education outside the home was banned. Marriages no longer had to be made in church
What limit was put on working hours?
8 hours per day/48 hours per week
What happened in the elections to a constituent assembly?
The Bolsheviks only gained 175 seats compared to 370 for the Socialist Revolutionaries so Lenin closed it
What was the name of the treaty that saw Russia withdraw from the war?
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in March 1918.
What did Russia lose in the Treaty?
62 million people (one sixth of the population), 27% of its farming land, 26% of its railway mileage, 74% of its iron ore and coal.
What were opponents of the Bolsheviks collectively known as?
Whites
What happened to the Tsar and his family?
Murdered by the Cheka at Ekaterinburg
Name a white army general?
Yudenich, Wrangel, Deniken and Kolchak
How big was the Red Army by the end of the civil war?
5 million
Why was the capital moved from Petrograd?
Moved to Moscow as harder for foreign armies to invade
