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What event/when did the 1st socialist edu prog come from
10th Party Plenum (24-27th Sep ‘62)
List dif phases of socialist edu prog
- Early 10 Points- Feb ‘63- affirmed M’s apporach
2, Later 10 points- Sep ‘63- Deng shift 2 party led campaign - Revised 10 points- Liu’s wife Wang uncover still rampent corruption t/f inc dictorial ‘waves of party’ = purge 5mil
List major early decrees by Sovnarkom
-116 w/in 1st few weeks
-Decree on Peace (26th of Oct ‘17)
-Decree on Land 27th of Oct
-Decree on the Cheka 7/12/17
-Decree on Workers Control 14/11- allowed workers to inc control > factories
-Decree on Press 27/11- banned Kadet’s N/paper+ 28/11 Decree on Political parties banned non-soc parties
What were the results of the constituent assembly elections
SRs= 370 seats vs Bol= 175 seats + Kadets 2nd largest urban pol party (17 seats)
-Lenin claimed was a form of bourgeoise parlimentarism’ + invalid b/c ballet x destinguish clearly b/w Left-SRs (alligned w Bol from 12/12) + subsequently on 5/1/18 Martial law declared in Pet
What were the causes of the 1921 famine
Severe draught in 1/2 of food producing regions (e.g. Samara where May rainfall av of 38.8mm vs actual of 0.3mm in ‘20) + 20% of food producing regions= total crop failure
-Exacerbated by policies of grain req- I.e. peas X have 2 yrs emergency grain 2 cope w draught + dec incentive 2 produce (17-21 cultivated land dec by 40%)
-LostlargeamountsofUktotreatyofRiga
How many ppl died in 1921 famine
-5mil from starvation or disease caused by inc in poor hygine
-1000’s victims of cannibalism
How did international com assist in responding to 1921 Great Famine
Pres Hoover + American Relief Admin + Br’s ‘Save the Children in Russia Fund’ provided food saving 14mil lives
-In summer of ‘22 est ARA fed 10mil ppl p/day
How did peas respond to WC (i.e. greens)
-Inc violence- 20k green armies/local militia- e.g. Killed 8k cheka who were trying to access grain
-Esp in Tambov region- ‘no go’ zone until late ‘21
-Inc confussion of political allegiences- E.g. Long Live Lenin! Down w Trotsky (despite same policies being endorsed)
What were the economic/material impacts of war communism
-Wages had 2% of buying power compared to ‘14
-Industrial output 13% of pre-war levels
-Lack of fuel- 30k wooden houses in P had to be burnt
-Reduced rations 1/3 in Feb ‘21
What was the impact on the party following WC
-Inc authoritism + consolidation of highly centralised power
-1. B/c inc highly disciplined + compliant RG join Bol
-2. Sverdlov reduce checks + ballances- 68/480 decrees in 1st yr in role as Chairman of CEC checked + following his death party restructured so Politburo= 5 top bols had inc dictatorial powers/able to act w/o check
-On Party Unity- March 1921- inc dif for formal internal op
Who was the leader of the Socialist Revolutionaries?
Kerensky
When did the Left SR’s leave + join Sovnarkom
-Joined 12/12/17
-Left- 19/3/18- Because of X agree w policies over Treaty of Brest-Livisk- believe in continue 2 agitate 4 war= July ‘18 SR assassinated Ger ambassador 2 continnue to push 4 rev via war (outcome tho = inc ability 4 bol 2 claim legit victory)
List key articles from the fundamental laws
23rd Ap 06
Article 4- TN2 has supreme authority and all laws must be ratified by him, can appoint his own ministers, retrains complete control > FA, military matters + declarations of states of emergency
Article 8- Only w TN2’s approval can the fundamental laws be reformed
Article 87- The Tsar can dissolve the Duma + legislate independently whenever he wants
Positives of WW1
-Inc nationalism/dec strikes- Jan-July 14 =3493 strikes vs 41 b/w Aug-Dec ‘14
-4th Duma suspended itself in support 4 TN2
-95% of conscripted ppl complied w orders
Weaknesses of Russia going in to WW1
-6.5mil men h/w only 4.6mil rifles, 1bil cartages short, only 3 rounds of artilary p/day p/person
-X modernised 2 point where industry able to cope w demands (e.g. need 100k rifles p/month yet only able to produce 42k)
-Leadership X based on merit t/f General Nicholai = X sound mil advice
-Troops only received 6 weeks of training
-Lack infrastructure 2 enable effective mobalisation of troops + resources e.g. grain (failure of Witte’s great spurt)
Impacts of June Offensive
Initial success= Inc rev support= 30km advance by Russian + Inc moral under Kerensky’s guise of ‘Revolutionary Defencism’
-Failure- 230km advance of ger in op fist punch
-Inc desertions- 100k vs 40k in 1st
Witte’s eco reforms list
Witte establish heavy industry (increase investment 616% over 10yrs), invest in railways as basis of modernisation amount of track x 3 + trans-Siberian railway started, increased foreign investment (increase from 13mil in 1898 to 2.2 bil in 1913)
Eco impact of world war
Inflation rouble 30% of 1913 buying power in 17 + wages only 35% of real value while food prices inc 4x Inc public discounted
Impact on consumers access to resources in WW1 Russia
1/3 of usual food supply getting to M + P by 1916
1/3 of bakeries + 2/3 of butchers shut
-1916 acute food shortage–> workers inc calorie deficit by 1/4
-Banned sale + production of vodka –> 26% dec in tax rev h/w also inc production of illegal alcohol
Human impact of world war
23mil ppl live under Ger occupation
4mil ppl die, wounded or MIA by mid 1915 (most of any Euro country)–> 1mil die b4 great retreat
-IMR inc 2x
-Treated peas as inexhuastible resource/ army was ‘peas in uniform’ t/f inc desertions + disatisdation
How did Liberals respond to world war 1 intially
-All Russian Union of Zemstvo + Union of Unions offered to help inc transportation of goods to front + care for wounded
-War Industries Committee (headed by Octoberist Gorchov) try to inc efficiency of goods prod by offering war contracts to Moscow businesses
-Duma 4 dissolved itself in support 4 Tsar
How did the Libs respond to WW1 post 1915
-July ‘15 Duma 4 reformed
-Aug ‘15 Progressive Bloc formed- 236/422 Deputies in alliance to make gov of pub conf
Causes of the Feb rev
-Good shortage- 1/6th of required grain 2 M daily
-Inc protests/pub :(- Jan 9th 1917- 150k protesters + 27th of Jan= general strike in P- 400k workers + 70k mutinies
-Rasputina + TA- dec support from libs- E.g. Min of Interior Protopopov sort advice from R’s ghost
When + where was TN2 forced to abdicate
March 2nd on train in Pskov by memb of Duma
List Stolypin repressive measures
‘Suppression first, then, and only then, reform
-August 06 declared martial law- suspended civil rights
-Show trials- b/w 06-11- 3376 ppl killed
-Reformed electoral syst post D2- Only 1% of ppl voted for 300/441 deputies
List some features of Stolypins ‘wager on the strong’
-Agraian Reform Act- Nov 06- abolished land redemption pmt + made inc gov land av @ actual prive
-Social- proportional tax based on income, National Insurrance Act + compulsory primary ed
-Industrial- Banned women + children from working underground
Impacts of Stolypins reforms
-2x inc in PS enrollement
-15% of peas become Kulaks- 2mil+ families (by ‘13) + 3mil accept offer of land in Siberia
-Duma 3 functional- passed 2571 bills
-Show trials- 06-13=3376 killed
-Reduced representativeness of Duma’s- 1% of pop vote for 300/441 deputies (post D2)
How did justice system change after the NEP
-Feb ‘22 OGPU replaces CHEKA + becomes enshrined in cont in July ‘23 as means to ensure gov surveillance- only 14k killings
- First Soviet Criminal Code- June ‘22- broaf defn of subversive actions + no rights 4 defendents
How were opposing pol groups treated after NEP
-OGPU used 4 survialence
-Mens + SR made illegal in ‘21- 2k Mens arrested
-June-Aug ‘22 34 SRs brought to show trials- 5 found guilty 4 life- ‘exemplaray educational trials’ -Lenin
How was the Church treated following NEP
Seen as the ‘opium of the masses’
-22-23 valuables confiscated + bloody conflicts–> 7k Monks killed + 1k arrests
List arts ways 2 est ‘new proletarian identity’
-Prolekult- offer ops 4 workers to dev skills in arts e.g. workshops @ peak 80k memb
-Presimfans- orchestrates made socialist by operating w/o conductor
-Constructivism- art style which combined pol + cultural purposes- esp in architecture
-Promotes art to inc values e.g. factory life, battels from civ war, steel
-Agitprop- propagnda focussing on merits of rev
How did the Bol attempt to reduce illiteracy after NEP
‘The illiterate person stands outside of politics’ -Lenin
-1919 Decree on the Elimination of illiteracy (Likbiz)
-Free urban reading rooms/Liquidation points= 40K+
-16k reading rooms vol run in country
-RA forced 2 do 2 days learning + 7 days work w ‘literacy marches’
-Primary schooling standardized, compulsory, coed + free 4 ages b/w 8-13