Knowledge Test 5: Defencing the Bolshevik Revolution 1917-1924 (Part 2) Flashcards
Name the three economic polices introduced between October 1918 and 1922?
State Capitalism, War Communism and the New Economic Policy.
Where was there an uprising against grain requisitioning?
Tambov Province.
Name 2 tactics used by the Bolshevik Government to suppress the uprising.
Poison gas and taking of hostages.
Where is Kronstadt?
Gulf of Finland.
How many troops did it take to put down the Krosnadt mutiny?
50,000.
What type of economy was created by the NEP?
Mixed economy.
What were classed as the ‘commanding heights’ of the economy which came under state control? Give 3 examples.
Lenin used the phrase ‘commanding heights’ of the economy to describe heavy industries such as coal and steel but also rail network, banking and foreign trade.
The Cheka was rebranded to what in 1922?
GPU.
Clashes with which organisation led to 8,000 deaths?
The Orthodox Church.
What name is given to the policy introduced by Lenin at the 10th Party Congress which closed down internal debate?
Ban of factions.
Who were the 3 key generals who led the White forces in the Civil War?
Admiral Kolchak, General Denikin and General Yudenich.
Which 3 regions did the White forces fight in?
Siberia and the Urals (Kolchak), Southern Russian (Deniken), North Western Russia (Yudenich).
Give 2 features of the organisation of Trotsky’s Red Army.
Use of military specialists and political commissars to control them - dual command and appointment of officers from above (not elected by soldiers).
How many men had joined the Red Army by 1921?
5 million.
How many foreign troops were on Russian soil by late 1918?
200,000.
