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Lenin's Leadership Flashcards

1
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When was the Civil War and who was involved?

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1918-1922 w/ Reds (Bolsheviks) vs everyone else (Whites: SRs, Mensheviks, Kadets, Octobrists and Greens: other nationalities)

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2
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Why was everyone angry? (5)

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Where was the bread?
Constituent Assembly was dissolved
Land was taken from nobles (Decree on Land)
Alienated nationalists (Decree on Peace)
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk losses

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3
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Which countries join the Whites (3) and why do they do this?

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Britain, France & USA as they feared the spread of communism

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4
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What side was the Czech Legion on?

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Czech supported Russia in WW1 but opposed them in the Civil War due to mistrust and suspicion

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5
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Initially, who was winning and in 1919, who was winning?

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Initially, the Whites then the Reds

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6
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Which Generals attacked where?

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General Yudenich - NW and Petrograd
General Deniken - S
Admiral Kolchak - E

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7
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Did more people die from war or hunger?

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Hunger

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8
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What were the strengths of the Reds? (4)

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Unified, resourceful, controlled central Russia, good leadership

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9
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What were the weaknesses of the Whites? (5)

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Unorganised (scattered everywhere), uncoordinated (didn’t know if they were fighting for tsarism or republicanism), poor leadership, no loyalty hence high levels of corruption

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10
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When was War Communism introduced and when did it end?

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1918-1921

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What policies did War Communism include? (3)

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Rationing of food, surplus food has to be given to the government and factories of more than 10 workers were nationalised

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12
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What was the Vesenkha and what did they do?

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Supreme Economic Council and sent requisition squads seized food if rules were not complied with

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13
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What was the result of War Communism and how many died?

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There was a famine in 1920-21 where 7 mil died

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14
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Which types of people were considered enemies to the Cheka? (3)

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Priests, Cossacks and factory owners

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15
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By early 1921, how many Kronstadt soldiers destroyed their party cards after realising the situation back home?

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5000

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16
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What did the sailors form?

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A provisional revolutionary committee

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17
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When did the Red Army and Kronstadt fight?

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8 Mar 1917

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18
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What percentage of Bolsheviks died in the attack?

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80%

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19
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When did the crews surrendered?

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17 Mar 1921

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20
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How many people made it safe?

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8000

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21
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How many people were shot?

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12,000 - 15,000. Rest sent to gulags.

22
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When was NEP introduced and why?

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1921 and decided to persuade for grain, rather than use force

23
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Why was it criticised and how did Lenin try to hide this?

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It opposed Bolshevism and more capitalism and Lenin tried to say it was temporary

24
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What policies were introduced in NEP? (4)

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Fixed amount of grain had to be given, surplus had to be sold for profit and if you produced more, you pay less tax, electrification

25
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Now which factories were state-owned and what new currency was introduced?

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Factories with less than 20 and the rouble was introduced

26
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Who were Nepmen?

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Private traders who took produce into cities to sell

27
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What type of people did critics despise?

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Kulaks

28
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By how much did electricity, steel and clothes increase?

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Electricity increased from 520 to 2925 kWh, steel increased by 12, clothes increased by 16

29
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What country did Russia make a deal with in 1921 and for what?

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Britain, exchanging Western goods for oil and wheat

30
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What was the scissor crisis?

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Since there was so much food, there was price drop in it. But since there were less industrial goods, the prices soared for it

31
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What was the Zhenotdel?

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The women’s department led by Kollontai

32
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What had changed for women? (3)

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Divorce was much easier, abortion was legalised, they and paid maternity leave

33
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What changes were made among education? (5)

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9 hrs of free education, Pioneers for younger children, Komsomol for 15 - early 20s, more practical education, teachers had less authority (forbidden to set hw)

34
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What things were used to spread communist ideas? (3)

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Cinema, art and street festivals.

35
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Why was the Proletkino set up?

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To present propaganda films

36
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When did Lenin have his strokes? (3)

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May 1922
Dec 1922
Mar 1923

37
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When did Lenin die?

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Jan 1924

38
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Under Lenin’s leadership, who made all the major decisions?

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The Politburo consisting of 7:
Leon Trotsky
Joseph Stalin
Nikolai Bukharin
Lev Kamanev
Gregory Zinoviev
Alexei Rykov
Mikhail Tomsky

39
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Why did the Tsar have to be executed?

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There were still tsarists around and this just caused greater risk for the Reds during the civil war

40
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What things did Trotsky do for the war? (3)

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Restored conscription
Promoted soldiers
Had strict military discipline

41
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When was the Politburo set up and how often did they meet up?

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1919, daily

42
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How were the Kronstadt used as propaganda?

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They were spoken about negatively for support

43
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What did the Kronstadt Mutiny show about the state of Russia?

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Even their most loyal supporters are turning against them

44
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How did peasants resist against War Communism?

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They grew less animals

45
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How many kulaks died in the famine from 1920 to 1921?

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7 million

46
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What was formed to press charges on the result of this famine?

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Worker’s Opposition

47
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Grain decreased between 1918 and 1921 from 80 tonnes to….

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80 tonnes to 37.6 tonnes

48
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What fraction of marriages had ended by 1927?

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2/3

49
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How did employment for women change when men returned from the war?

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It worsened.

50
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What was the Proletkult and what did it involve?

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It was a proletariat cultural movement involving things like poetry circles and exhibitions

51
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What was Socialist Realism?

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The showcase of only a positive side of Russia through art

52
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What could writing not contain?

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Counter revolutionary topics

Russia 1917-1941 (6 decks)

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