lenin CONTROL Flashcards
what did the Decree on Press do?
1917 - gave the government the control to close down any newspaper that’s supported ‘counter-revolution’
what was GLAVLIT?
1922 - censored all anti-communist books
how was Lenin presented in ‘the cult of Lenin’?
in religious terms - as a prophet who was leading the soviet people - being saintly - willing to suffer and sacrifice his life for the people
how did the Land Decree affect religion?
1917 - gave the peasants the right to seize church land
what decree took privileges away from the Orthodox Church?
Decree Concerning the Separation of Church and State - 1918
how did Lenin use the Cheka to control religion?
Orthodox priests massacred (January 1918)
what was the Living Church?
1921 - Lenin established a rival to the Orthodox Church that had a decentralised structure. however it was not prepared to support the regime
what were Lenin’s views on Islam?
He backed attacks on Islamic institutions.
who was Lenin’s opposition throughout his tenure?
- supporters of the Tsar
- trade unions demanding higher pay for workers
- socialists in rival political parties
what were some of the Cheka’s activities before 1921?
- requisitioning grain in the Civil War
- closing down opposition newspapers
- torturing and executing opponents to the regime
- executing deserters from the Red Army
who did the Cheka view as ‘class enemies’?
- traders who became rich
- women who wore western clothes and makeup
- people who danced to western music (e.g. jazz)
what was Prolekult?
established by Lunacharsky it was the proletarian culture movement to help artistic talent among the working class. It lost its independence in 1920
what type of art was inspired by the revolution?
avant-garde
