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LENIN Flashcards

1
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The July Days

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3-5 July

Street demonstrations in Petrograd-disoder

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2
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November 1917 elections

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SR’s won, not the Bolsheviks

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3
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The Reds

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The Bolsheviks

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The whites

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Political opposition, the SR’s and the nobility

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5
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The Greens

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National minorities

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Weaknesses of the whites (3)

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Divided- no sense of common purpose
Lack of commitment-had high levels of desertion
Lack of co-operation-differing goals

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7
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Strengths of the reds (4)

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Use of conscription- 5 million by 1920
Controlled railway system- helped to move their soldiers
Red Terror- Bolsheviks had strict control and good discipline
Use of propaganda

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More significant- red strengths or white weaknesses?

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White weaknesses- allowed the reds to capitalise and have effective propaganda

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Social impact of war communism

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Grain requisitioning led to starving peasants

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10
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Three most key reasons why Lenin introduced NEP

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Kronstadt Rebellion (used to support the Bolsheviks)
Tambov rebelllion- didn't want a peasant revolt
Tighten dictatorship- could now quell internal unrest with the Decree on Party Unity
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11
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Three main reasons why Stalin came to power

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No clear process to succession
His ability and ambition
His administrative positions (eg General secretary)

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12
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Why did Stalin make the Great Turn? (4)

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Self- sufficiency
Military strength
Grain supplies
Move toward socialism

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13
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How & why did the Bolsheviks dissolve the constituent assembly?

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Held at gunpoint- Bolsheviks only recieved 24% of the vote

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14
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What did the Bolsheviks get in the Nov 1917 elections?

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23.3%

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15
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Why did Lenin introduce NEP?

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16
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Politcal impact of the civil war

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Influenced nature of government- loyalty to the Bolsheviks emphasised

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17
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Economic impact of the civil war

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Introduction of war communism

NEP brought in to bring stability (however at the expense of ideology

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18
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Political impact of the 1917 Oct revolution

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Kornilov Affair showed the weaknesses of the Provisional Government
Got rid of autocracy

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19
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Famine under Lenin

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Exacerbated by ideology- refused Western help

20
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Role of Cheka under Lenin

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Dealt with opposition to the Bolsheviks

Helped implement war communism

21
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What policing did Lenin introduce in 1924?

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OPGU- less brutal

22
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Army under Lenin

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MRC was a vanguard for the October revolution

23
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Propaganda under Lenin

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Slogans (‘peace, bread and land’)

Cult of personality

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Superstructure

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The ideas that the foundations of society, which benefitted the ruling class to maintain order

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Women in post-revolution Russia

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Although the Bolsheviks believed in gender equality, this was not the reality- were still expected to be homemakers

26
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Women in NEP Russia

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Tended to be pushed into lower paid, unskilled jobs

27
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Women and divorce

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Men did not have to give much notice to divorce their wives, and were not responsible for their welfare

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By 1928 about __,___ of the _,___,___ party members were women

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65,000 of the 1,000,000

29
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Example of a female party member

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Alexandra Kollontai

30
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Rabkrin

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Backwards step for working conditions. Longer hours and lower pay

31
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Politburo

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Cabinet of the Communist party

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Orgburo

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Administrative body of the Communist party

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Sovnarkom

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People’s commissars with responsibility eg foreign policy

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The President

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The figurehead of the Politburo

35
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The Nomenklatura

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Group of officers and managers approved by the Bolsheviks

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Supreme Soviet

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Elected by the Sovnarkom

Had the power to make laws and kept power over the republics

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Presidium

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Small group of ministers

38
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Lenin’s educational reforms

39
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Housing under Lenin

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Taken from landowners and given to the proletariat

40
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Similarities to be drawn between Lenin’s approach to ideology and the Tsars

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Both were willing to adapt ideologies to increase or protect their power

41
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How was Sovnarkom elected?

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Chain of elections
Village soviets chose representatives for district soviets
District soviets elected members for the provincial soviets
Provincial soviets provided membership of Sovnarkom

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Ogburo

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Responsible for maintaining order and dealing with opposition

43
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Principle that the Bolsheviks based their party on

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Democratic centralism

44
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Democratic centralism

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The control of affairs would be in the hands of politicians who had been elected by the Russian people

45
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Working conditions improvements under Lenin

46
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Access to education under Lenin

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NepMen and Kulaks denied access to education

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