national studies

Question 1

bolshevick ideology

Answer 1

rooted in Marxism
emphasized the need for a vanguard party to lead the working class
aimed to abolish private property

Question 2

October coup

Answer 2

led by Lenin and the bolsheciks
the coup was relatively bloodless with the bolshevs taking control of key points in petrograd

Question 3

early Soviet union

Answer 3

Lenin established the council of peoples commissars as the new government body
key points
- decree on land
- decree on peace

Question 4

treaty of Brest - litovsk

Answer 4

a peace treaty between Soviet Russia and the central powers
resulted in significant losses for Russia

Question 5

Russian civil war

Answer 5

fought between the Bolshevik forces and various anti Bolshevik factions

Question 6

NEP new economic policy

Answer 6

introduced by Lenin as a response to the economic crisies following the civil war

Question 7

consolidation of power

Answer 7

the bolsheviks had colidifed their control over Russia defeating internal and external enemies

Question 8

stalins rise to power

Answer 8

Stalin outmanoeuvred Trotsky
used his position to isolate and eventually expel Trotsky