Red Terror - Reasons for Red Victory

Question 1

What was the aim of red Terror?

Answer 1

to terrify all hostile social groups

Question 2

What forms of authority did the reds reject? - give 4

Answer 2

• judges
• officers
• priests
• employers
• white guards

Question 3

Which political opposition were purged?

Answer 3

• the SRs
• the Kadets
• the Mensheviks

Question 4

How many deaths were recorded from 1918-19 due to CHEKA?

Answer 4

13,000 (more likely cloer to 300,000)

Question 5

What was the concern of the Royal Family?

Answer 5

many feared the royal family would be a figure head of white resistance

Question 6

How were the royal family killed?

Answer 6

• shot by the CHEKA
• without a trial
• bodies drenched in acid and thrown down mine shaft