Russia 1 - Communist Government 1917-41 Flashcards

1
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When was the October Revolution?

A

1917

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2
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When was the Decree on Land passes?

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1917

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3
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When was the Decree on Peace passed?

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1917

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4
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When were the Decrees on Workers passed?

A

1917-18

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5
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When were the Constituent Assembly elections?

A

1917

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6
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When was the Cheka created?

A

1917

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7
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When was the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?

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1918

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8
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When was the Civil War?

A

1918-21

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9
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When was the Tambov Peasants uprising?

A

1921

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10
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When was the Kronstadt sailors rebellion?

A

1921

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11
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When was the ban on factions?

A

1921

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12
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When did Stalin become general secretary?

A

1921

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13
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When did Lenin die?

A

1924

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14
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When did Stalin become the undisputed leader?

A

1928

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15
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When was the Ryutin affair?

A

1932

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16
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When was the congress of victors?

A

1934

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17
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When was Kirov murdered?

A

1934

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18
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When was the Great Terror?

A

1934

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19
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When was the Trial of 16?

A

1936

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20
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When was the Trial of 17?

A

1937

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21
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When was the purge of the Red Army?

A

1937

22
Q

When was the Trial of 21?

A

1938

23
Q

Where was the capital city?

A

It moved from St Petersburg (Petrograd) to Moscow

24
Q

When did the Bolsheviks change their name and what to?

A

They changed their name to the Communists in 1918

25
Q

What did Stalin’s rivals call him?

A

The Grey Blur

26
Q

When was the USSR established?

A

1922

27
Q

When was Lenin’s Chistkas?

A

1918 and 1920

28
Q

How much of the party was purged in Lenin’s Chistka?

A

1/3

29
Q

Who outside of the party was purged in 1920 by Lenin?

A

Bim-Bom the clown for telling Anti-Bolshevik jokes

30
Q

What was the structure of the Sovnarkom in 1918?

A

13 commissars with Lenin as Chairman

31
Q

Where did the revolution occur?

A

Petrograd

32
Q

Who went on strike when the Bolsheviks seized control?

A

The State Bank and Treasury which denied them crucial funds

33
Q

Why was the Constituent Assembly disbanded?

A

Because the Bolsheviks only won a minority of votes

34
Q

How long did the Constituent Assembly last before it was disbanded?

A

November to January 1918

35
Q

Who led the Red Army?

A

Trotsky

36
Q

What changes in structural significance took place in 1918?

A

The Politburo became more important than the Sovnarkom and the Nomenklatura become more important than the Soviets

37
Q

How was dissention in the party quashed?

A

Ban on factions

38
Q

Who was involved in the power struggle?

A

Stalin, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Trotsky and Bukharin

39
Q

Who was in the Triumvirate and what was their aim?

A

Zinoviev, Kamenev and Stalin wanted to keep Trotsky out of power

40
Q

When was the Duumvirate formed?

A

1925

41
Q

Who was in the Duumvirate and what was their aim?

A

Stalin and Bukharin formed an alliance to win a majority in the politburo

42
Q

What ideas did Stalin use to get Zinoviev, Kamenev and Trotsky expelled from the party?

A

Ideological orthodoxy, socialism in one country and the abandonment of the NEP

43
Q

When was the Lenin Enrolment program?

A

1924

44
Q

How many new members joined the Lenin enrolment program?

A

128,000

45
Q

How did Stalin create a system of patronage?

A

He used his position as General Secretary, Head of the Central Control Commission and Rabkrin

46
Q

How was Stalin overruled in 1932-33?

A

Moderates in the Politburo overruled him over the Ryutin Affair and the targets for the 2nd 5 year plan

47
Q

What triggered the Great Terror?

A

After the Congress of Victors and Kirov’s murder, Stalin declared that the party should be purged of all internal threats

48
Q

Who was removed in the show trials?

A

Leading Bolsheviks

49
Q

Who was removed in the secret trials?

A

Red Army leaders who were loyal to Trotsky

50
Q

What was kept secret during the power struggle?

A

Lenin’s testament