How did the Bolsheviks establish a one party state between 1917 and 1924 Flashcards
What ways did Bolsheviks face opposition
- Other left wing groups who were denies a share of power e.g Socialist Revolutionaries (SRs) or Mensheviks
- Groups on the right (Tsarist supporters) or liberals who represented middle class who feared lack of freedom
- Nationalists e.g Ukrainians and Poles
What is the constituent Assembly
Parliament elected by the people of Russia
What did Trotsky, Lenin’s closest associate say to the SR
“You have played out your role. Go where you belong: in the dustbin of history”
What were the results of the Assembly
Not in Bolsheviks favour. SR emerged as largest party with over 21 million votes
How did Lenin react to the SR winning
He dissolved the assembly after only one meeting and condemned it as an instrument of the bourgeoisie.
What replaced the Assembly
All Russian Congress
How did the SR lose all influence
They lost influence when they walked out of Government in 1918 in protest for the Bolshevik decision to pull out of war
When were other parties banned
1921
What did Lenin do in March 1918
renamed Bolshevik party to the Communist Party
What did Lenin declare about Mensheviks and SR’s
“The place for the Mensheviks and the SRs is in prison”
What did the Treaty of Brest- Litovsk 1918 do
Took Russia out of the war but lost control over the baltic states e.g latvia and finland
