Level of control

Question 1

Terror

Answer 1

1918-1920 communist state associated with terror + repression

demands for obedience to the party tighted
new controls bought in to manage the economy = War Communism

Question 2

Cheka

Answer 2

Cheka was established in Dec 1917 → 1,000 members by June 1918

enforced dictatorship of the Proletariat + terrified all hostile groups

Question 3

What did Lenin establish in 1919?

Answer 3

R civil war bought greater centralisation + party control

1919 = Politburo → centre for party policy
Lenin + Trotsky = original members (7-9 men)

Question 4

Ban on Factions

Answer 4

1921 = Lenin banned factions
meant any decision taken by CC had to be accepted by the whole party
= diff to criticise party decisions anywhere in gov structure

decreed that Soviets could only consist of party members

Question 5

Nomenklatura system

Answer 5

1923 = Nomenklatura system
key administrative positions only granted to ppl that were trustworthy with the approvement of CC
created party elite to impose control

Question 6

Democratic Centralism

Answer 6

workers + peasants elected ppl into positions of power = exerted a influence of party policy

combined with centralism as authorities would pass decisions to the masses

Question 7

National Minorities

Answer 7

Civil War saw Communist gov abandon support for self-determination
movements seen as counter rev but lang + culture permitted

1922 = demands from Georgia brutally crushed by Stalin