Lenin

Question 1

Who won the constituent assembly elections?

Answer 1

Socialist revolutionaries- 37%

Question 2

When did the constituent assembly meet?

Answer 2

January 1918

Question 3

What happened after the constituent assembly was closed?

Answer 3

Crowds protesting were fired on by the red guards. Sovnarkom established

Question 4

Give 2 decrees introduced by sovnarkom in the first few months of power:

Answer 4

• max 8hr work day
• employment insurance for workers
• abolishment of all titles and class distinctions- use of ‘comrade’
• women declared equal to men
• all non bolshevik newspapers banned
• the kadets banned
• factors put under control of workers committees
• banks nationalised
• army made more democratic- officers elected
• church land confiscated by state
• divorce made easier

Question 5

What was the Decree on Land?

Answer 5

Nov 1917
Peasants can take over land of nobility and legalised land seizures

Question 6

What were the cheka?

Answer 6

Dec 1917
Lenins secret police

Question 7

What was the treaty of brest-litovsk?

Answer 7

Ended russias involvement in ww1

Question 8

When was the treaty of brest-litovsk signed?

Answer 8

March 1918

Question 9

What did russia lose in the treaty?

Answer 9

• 1/6 of population
• 1/3 of agricultural land
• 1/3 of railways
• 2/3 of coalmines
• 1/2 heavy industry
• almost all oil

Question 10

Which countries became independent republics?

Answer 10

The baltic states (latvia, Lithuania, estonia)
Poland
Finland

Question 11

What happened to Ukraine after the treaty?

Answer 11

Became a puppet state of germany, reliant on them for military and financial support