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Lenin Flashcards

1
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One of the groups who later planned 5 year plans under Stalin, when established?

A

Vershenka - Dec 1917

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2
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Bolshevik change on gaining power

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Decree on land

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3
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Where did british troops land in the civil war?

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Arch angel and Murmansk

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4
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What was the bolshevik newspaper called?

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Pravda

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5
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Management level within the communist party

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Nomenklatura

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6
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What was the elite level within the communist party?

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Politburo

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7
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How many people did the 1921-3 famine effect and kill?

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16 million and 5 million

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8
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How much did the U.S. give in foreign aid?

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$20 million

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9
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How much did Ukrainian food production fall by?

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20%

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10
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What problems did the civil war cause?

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Problems transporting food

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11
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What happened to the nobility on Nov 1917?

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Titles abandoned, not allowed to work, only allowed to do menial tasks, houses requisitioned & turned into kommunalka

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12
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What did Lenin do during the Civil war?

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Rations changed depending on work value, internal passports issued to stop workers leaving employment

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13
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What happened to education when Bolsheviks took over?

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First commissar for education (Anatoly Lunacharsky) had complete control, took control of church schools in 1918

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14
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What happened to gymnasia schools?

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They were replaced with polytechnics - schools focused on work based skills

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15
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What happened in 1921 to churches?

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Seizure of church lands, monasteries and churches looted

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16
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What newspaper was released in 1923?

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‘The Godless’ - Test bible stories using science

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17
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What happens with press?

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Removes freedom of press

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18
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In may 1918, how did Lenin solve the problem of peasants hording food?

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He sent detachment of soldiers and town workers ensure that grain got supplied

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19
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What was often forcibly taken from peasants?

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Livestock carts & firewood

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20
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What happened to Kulaks and how did they react?

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Had entire stock seized, so they hid their crops, grew less and murdered members of requisition squads, so the Cheka was used to make it work

21
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What was nationalised?

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Sugar, railways, banks, merchant fleet, power companies, oil and putilov iron works

22
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What happened to living conditions?

A

Working hours were increased and ration cards were introduced

23
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How many did Tyhus kill in 1920?

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3 million

24
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How did the 1921 harvest compare to the 1913 one?

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It produced 48% of what the 1913 harvest did

25
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How had population changed from 1917 to 1920 in Petrograd and Moscow?

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57.5% lower and 44.5% lower

26
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How had the Russian population changed from 1913 to 1921?

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170.9m to 130.9m (1.8m - 2.25m in WW1 and 7-12 million in civil war, for civil war inc civilians and non combatants)

27
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How was the Tambor province dealt with?

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100k red army soldiers had to deal with peasants - poisoned gas was used and rations were reduced

28
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What happened in the Baltic in March 1921?

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Kronstadt rebellion - 30k sailors revolted, demanded end to one party communist rule, 15k prisoners taken and leaders shot

29
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What did Sovnarkom do in Feb 1921 to tackle economic issues?

A

Set up Gosplan

30
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When was NEP formally adopted?

A

August 1921

31
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What happened under NEP?

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Private ownership of smaller businesses, private trade now allowed, rationing ended, companies had to pay workers from their profits, food requisitioning finished - sell any surplus

32
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What happened in 1923?

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Scissors crisis - low ind productivity, high prices and vice versa for agriculture - so industrial prices capped and replaced peasants quota with money tax

33
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When were productivity levels of 1913 reached?

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1926

34
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What did the civil servants do, and in turn, what happened to the civil service?

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Refused to work with new govt bankers, wouldn’t give money unless threatened, civil service purged

35
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Why were the Bolsheviks forced into signing the treaty of Brest-Litovsk?

A

Germans wouldn’t stop until peace signed, in 2 weeks before treaty - germans took 63k prisoners, 2.3k artillery guns, 5k machine guns & had advanced to Kiev

36
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What did Russia lose from the treaty?

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1/3 of population (55m people), 90% coal production and lots of good agricultural land

37
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What did the Brest-Litovsk treaty do in terms of nationalities?

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Had to recognise RADA and flee troops from Ukraine

38
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How was Russia’s navy effected by the treaty of Brest-Litovsk?

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Black sea fleet disarmed, lost all bases in baltic states bar Kronstadt

39
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What was grain production like in 1921?

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It was 20% of pre war levels

40
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How many people had Cholera and Dysentery killed in 1920?

A

3+ million

41
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What did Lenin do to prevent peasants holding on to grain in the 1923 scissors crisis?

A

Introduced a money tax

42
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When did the SRs walk out of Sovnarkom?

A

The treaty of Brest-Litovsk

43
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What happened to the Mensheviks?

A

Julius Martov left country, 5k arrested for counter-revolutionary activities

44
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What happened to the SRs?

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Had a show trial for attempt to kill Lenin - 34 found guilty, 11 executed, party outlawed

45
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What triggered the red terror?

A

Lockhart plot - Sir Robert Lockhart (Chief of British diplomatic mission to Moscow) and Fernand Grenard (French Consol General) organised to use the Latvian rifles to kill Lenin and Trotsky

46
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What happened in the Lockhart Plot and as a result of it?

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Lenin wounded and badly shot Aug 30th, next day the head of Petrograd Cheka assassinated- Cheka knew about plot, 5k SRs sent to death, Dora Kaplan (believed shooter) was killed

47
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What happened to the Bourgeoisie in the 1918 Constitution?

A

They couldn’t vote

48
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How many people were killed in the red terror?

A

500k (from 1918 to 1920)

49
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How much food was from rations, and where did the rest come from?

A

1/3, the black market

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