Lenin's Use Of Terror 1917-1923 Flashcards
What did Lenin set up in December 1917?
The Cheka
Lenin actively encouraged class warfare as a means of…
…terrorising the middle classes into submission.
How did Lenin encourage class warfare?
He abolished the legal system and replaced it with revolutionary justice, which was arbitrary and violent.
Anybody accused of being a bourgeois was at risk - the state licensed people to plunder middle class houses and the civil service was thoroughly purged.
What did Lenin order in June 1918?
The murder of the Tsar and his family
When was the Civil War?
1918 to 1920
Describe war communism
Grain requisitioning, banning of private trade, nationalisation of industry, labour discipline, class-based rationing.
How was The Red Terror used in war communism?
Intensified by the assassination attempt on Lenin in 1918, SRs, anarchists, and oppositionists were arrested in large numbers, and the Tsar was murdered.
Executions became more common: 1918-1920 about 300,000 killed.
What methods of terror were used during the NEP period (1921<) ?
Censorship, show trials (11 SR leaders executed), crushing of peasant revolts, attacks on the church.
Why did Lenin attack the church?
With the NEP, the church was reviving.
They saw the church as a rival to their power.
What was formed in 1921?
The Union of the Militant Godless (to challenge the church more directly)
