Russia 1 - Communist Government 1917-41 Flashcards
When was the October Revolution?
1917
When was the Decree on Land passes?
1917
When was the Decree on Peace passed?
1917
When were the Decrees on Workers passed?
1917-18
When were the Constituent Assembly elections?
1917
When was the Cheka created?
1917
When was the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
1918
When was the Civil War?
1918-21
When was the Tambov Peasants uprising?
1921
When was the Kronstadt sailors rebellion?
1921
When was the ban on factions?
1921
When did Stalin become general secretary?
1921
When did Lenin die?
1924
When did Stalin become the undisputed leader?
1928
When was the Ryutin affair?
1932
When was the congress of victors?
1934
When was Kirov murdered?
1934
When was the Great Terror?
1934
When was the Trial of 16?
1936
When was the Trial of 17?
1937
When was the purge of the Red Army?
1937
When was the Trial of 21?
1938
Where was the capital city?
It moved from St Petersburg (Petrograd) to Moscow
When did the Bolsheviks change their name and what to?
They changed their name to the Communists in 1918
What did Stalin’s rivals call him?
The Grey Blur
When was the USSR established?
1922
When was Lenin’s Chistkas?
1918 and 1920
How much of the party was purged in Lenin’s Chistka?
1/3
Who outside of the party was purged in 1920 by Lenin?
Bim-Bom the clown for telling Anti-Bolshevik jokes
What was the structure of the Sovnarkom in 1918?
13 commissars with Lenin as Chairman
Where did the revolution occur?
Petrograd
Who went on strike when the Bolsheviks seized control?
The State Bank and Treasury which denied them crucial funds
Why was the Constituent Assembly disbanded?
Because the Bolsheviks only won a minority of votes
How long did the Constituent Assembly last before it was disbanded?
November to January 1918
Who led the Red Army?
Trotsky
What changes in structural significance took place in 1918?
The Politburo became more important than the Sovnarkom and the Nomenklatura become more important than the Soviets
How was dissention in the party quashed?
Ban on factions
Who was involved in the power struggle?
Stalin, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Trotsky and Bukharin
Who was in the Triumvirate and what was their aim?
Zinoviev, Kamenev and Stalin wanted to keep Trotsky out of power
When was the Duumvirate formed?
1925
Who was in the Duumvirate and what was their aim?
Stalin and Bukharin formed an alliance to win a majority in the politburo
What ideas did Stalin use to get Zinoviev, Kamenev and Trotsky expelled from the party?
Ideological orthodoxy, socialism in one country and the abandonment of the NEP
When was the Lenin Enrolment program?
1924
How many new members joined the Lenin enrolment program?
128,000
How did Stalin create a system of patronage?
He used his position as General Secretary, Head of the Central Control Commission and Rabkrin
How was Stalin overruled in 1932-33?
Moderates in the Politburo overruled him over the Ryutin Affair and the targets for the 2nd 5 year plan
What triggered the Great Terror?
After the Congress of Victors and Kirov’s murder, Stalin declared that the party should be purged of all internal threats
Who was removed in the show trials?
Leading Bolsheviks
Who was removed in the secret trials?
Red Army leaders who were loyal to Trotsky
What was kept secret during the power struggle?
Lenin’s testament
