LENIN Flashcards
The July Days
3-5 July
Street demonstrations in Petrograd-disoder
November 1917 elections
SR’s won, not the Bolsheviks
The Reds
The Bolsheviks
The whites
Political opposition, the SR’s and the nobility
The Greens
National minorities
Weaknesses of the whites (3)
Divided- no sense of common purpose
Lack of commitment-had high levels of desertion
Lack of co-operation-differing goals
Strengths of the reds (4)
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
More significant- red strengths or white weaknesses?
White weaknesses- allowed the reds to capitalise and have effective propaganda
Social impact of war communism
Grain requisitioning led to starving peasants
Three most key reasons why Lenin introduced NEP
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
Three main reasons why Stalin came to power
No clear process to succession
His ability and ambition
His administrative positions (eg General secretary)
Why did Stalin make the Great Turn? (4)
Self- sufficiency
Military strength
Grain supplies
Move toward socialism
How & why did the Bolsheviks dissolve the constituent assembly?
Held at gunpoint- Bolsheviks only recieved 24% of the vote
What did the Bolsheviks get in the Nov 1917 elections?
23.3%
Why did Lenin introduce NEP?
Politcal impact of the civil war
Influenced nature of government- loyalty to the Bolsheviks emphasised
Economic impact of the civil war
Introduction of war communism
NEP brought in to bring stability (however at the expense of ideology
Political impact of the 1917 Oct revolution
Kornilov Affair showed the weaknesses of the Provisional Government
Got rid of autocracy