Prelim source mistakes Flashcards
1
Q
Date of Lenin sending to Bolshevik Central Committees in Moscow and Petrograd
- Why was Bolshevik take over of Kerensky HQ, banks, train stations etc so easy?
A
14th September 1917
- Bolsheviks faced no meaningful resistance
2
Q
Straight after October Revolution
A
The Congress of All-Russian Soviets set up the Sovnarkom, with Lenin as its first chairman. (Oct 25th 1917)
3
Q
Constituent Assembly
A
Closed down one day, 5th January 1917
4
Q
Nicholas death
A
*Tsar Nicholas II & his family were killed, on the orders of Lenin. (Jul 17th 1918)
5
Q
End of Civil War and start of NEP
A
March 1921
