Lenin and Stalin Flashcards
1
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7 stages to communism
A
- primitive communism
- feudalism - king in control
- mechantalism/ early capitalism - merchant developing society
- capitalism- development of democracy- development of class
- bloody revolution
- socialism
- communism
2
Q
why was the Marxist theory a problem for communism
A
when the Tsar abdicated the system collapses. therefore Lenin changes it in order to get communism quickly.
made a working class which russia doesn't have pretends that the Oct rev was a bloody one
3
Q
challenges the Bolsheviks faced
A
- No plan
- economy still poor
- ‘Peace, Bread, Land’
- trade- stopped due to communism
- opposition- ideology within the Bolsheviks and didn’t deserve to be in power
- war- stay or go
- Tsar still alive
4
Q
who were the REDs
A
Bolsheviks
5
Q
who were the WHITES
A
anti Bolshevik- Former Tsarist supporters, Liberals, Socialist Revolutionaries
6
Q
who were the GREENS
A
Peasant Armies and deserters from the Whites or Reds
7
Q
who was the leader of the REDS during the civil war
A
LENIN
8
Q
Who was the leader of the WHITES during the civil war
A
DENIKIN
YUDENICH
KOLCHAK
9
Q
When was the civil war in Russia
A
1917- 1921
10
Q
causes of the civil war
A
- unpopularity of the Bolsheviks
- wanted the Tsar back- whites
- Treaty of Brest Liovsk
- uneven land distribution
- others wanted democracy - SRs
