Nature of government Flashcards
1
Q
How did Lenin’s government have a hierarchy?
A
Politburo had commissars and people in high ranking positions
2
Q
What was the criminal code in 1921?
A
legalised the use of terror as a means of control
3
Q
How was Lenin able to control opposition within his own party?
A
1921 ban of factions
4
Q
When did Lenin form the Cheka?
A
1917
5
Q
What does the Red Terror refer to in 1918?
A
The way Trotsky disciplined the red army
6
Q
Name a way in which Trotsky used the red terror
A
Following disorder, every 10th man would be executed
7
Q
What was the Kronstadt mutiny in 1921?
A
Sailors mutiny at the naval base in Kronstadt due to food shortages caused by war communism
8
Q
Who won the constituent assembly vote when it was held in 1917?
A
SRs
