Immediate Post Revolution Flashcards
What was the Bolshevik party membership in October 1917
250,000
What percentage of the vote did the Bolsheviks get in the November 1917 constituent assembly elections
24%
Where was the strongest Bolshevik support in the November 1917 constituent assembly elections
Urban areas - Petrograd
What percentage of the vote did the SRs get in the November 1917 constituent assembly elections
53%
What was the Sovnarkom
Council of the top Bolsheviks that acted as a governing body
What role did Stalin hold in the Sovnarkom from 1917-1923
Commissar for nationalities
What was the reaction to Bolshevik take over
Menshevik leader believed it would only last a few weeks
Trotsky laughed at by ministers
State Bank refused to hand over money
Rail unions threatened to cut off communications
Which Bolsheviks supported a coalition government
Zinoviev & Kamenev
Why did Lenin allow some left SRs into the negotiations
So he could claim representation of the peasantry
What were the 4 decrees put in-place after the revolution
Peace
Land
Worker Control
Rights of the People of Russia
When was the Red Army created
Jan 1918
When was the Cheka set up
December 1917
How did Gorky describe the chaos and disorder in Petrograd
“Pogrom of greed, hatred and violence”
When did the Bolsheviks ban opposition press
October 1917
What were the Bourgeois called by Lenin
Parasites and Bloodsuckers
