lenin

Question 1

What was Lenin’s most radical early decree?

Answer 1

Decree on land (nationalisation of land and legitimises peasant seizures)

Question 2

What was Lenin’s early decree targeting the church?

Answer 2

Nationalisation of church Land (marriage+ divorce removed from church control)

Question 3

What was Lenin’s most important early decree?

Answer 3

Decree on Peace

Question 4

Which treaty ended the war in 1918?

Answer 4

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Question 5

How much had total factory production fallen by 1921 (from pre WWI)?

Answer 5

20%

Question 6

What central party body was created in 1919?

Answer 6

Politpuro

Question 7

When was the Russian civil war?

Answer 7

1918-20

Question 8

When were Nicolas II and his family murdered?

Answer 8

July 1918

Question 9

What did Lenin ban in 1921?

Answer 9

Factions

Question 10

What was the system by which an upper class of people in key administrative positions, appointed by the govt., called? When was it adopted?

Answer 10

1923 Nomenklatura

Question 11

When did Lenin die?

Answer 11

January 1924

Question 12

How many strokes did he have?

Answer 12

3

Question 13

What was immediately banned in October 1917 by a decree?

Answer 13

Opposition press

Question 14

Which November 1917 decree granted self-determination to minorities?

Answer 14

Decree of the rights of the people in Russia

Question 15

What were women granted for the first time in Nov. 1917?

Answer 15

Right to own property

Question 16

What was Lenin’s secret police? When was it established?

Answer 16

Cheka, December 1917

Question 17

When was the Red Army created?

Answer 17

January 1918

Question 18

Which govt. body was appointed by the Bolsheviks and became the greatest executive authority in the USSR?

Answer 18

Sovnarkom

Question 19

How many hours was the maximum working day reduced to in October 1917?

Answer 19

8

Question 20

How much railway was lost in the treaty of Brest-Litovsk? How much of the population?

Answer 20

26%, 34%

Question 21

In 1926, how much higher was the divorce rate in the USSR than the UK?

Answer 21

26x

Question 22

How many were killed in the Red Terror of 1918-21?

Answer 22

500,000