Reason for Bolshevik win: Strategy and Tactics Flashcards

1
Q

What did Trotsky reinforce before advancing?

A

Security of Moscow and Petrograd

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2
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What did Trtosky break?

A

The whites lines of communication

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3
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What could the whites not break?

A

Bolshevik hold on urban areas

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4
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What did Bolsheviks do to all political parties?

A

Banned them and arrested all leaders

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5
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What was Cheka?

A

Bolshevik Secret Police

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6
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What was the name of the Bolshevik secret police?

A

Cheka

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7
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What did Cheka do?

A

Hunted down and arrested anyone who was suspected of hostility towards the Bolsheviks.

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8
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Who hunted down and arrested anyone who was suspected of hostility towards the Bolsheviks?

A

Cheka

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9
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What was the impact of the whites not having access to railways?

A

little chance of co-ordinating their activities

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10
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What was the impact of Cheka?

A

Easier to implement wartime measures

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11
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By the end of the war, how many people were executed by Cheka?

A

100,000 political opponents

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12
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What was established in May 1918?

A

Food dictatorship where grain requisitioning occurred

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13
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What happened to most of Russia’s industries?

A

Nationalised to give the Bolsheviks control of goods and production

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14
Q

What did Trotsky introduce in July 1918?

A

Mandatory conscription of rural peasantry into the Red army

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15
Q

When did Trotsky introduce Mandatory conscription of rural peasantry into the Red army?

A

July 1918

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16
Q

What was agitprop?

A

(agitation propaganda) was used to encourage soldiers.

17
Q

What was fitted in Trotskys train?

A

Equipment to produce posters and leaflets.

Cinemas to show propoganda films

18
Q

Who did the Whites have the support of?

A

Britain, France and the USA

19
Q

In July 1918, how did the Bolsheviks put down the Moscow uprsising?

A

Cheka military detachments

20
Q

Why were the Tsar family murdered?

A

Prevent them from falling into the hands of the whites

21
Q

How many whites were murdered by Cheka?

A

7,000

22
Q

What did the Bolsheviks make illegal?

A

Strikes

23
Q

Who was the leader of Cheka?

A

Felix Dzerzinsky

24
Q

Who was Felix Dzerzinsky?

A

Leader of Cheka