RUSSIA AOS 2 Flashcards
explain the Constituent Assembly and its dissolution
Russian people vote for constituent assembly (democratic)
Lenin dismisses it to establish bolshevik power
what was the treaty of brest-litovsk and its significance?
Pease treaty between Germany and Russia to end Russia’s involvement in ww1
achieved promise of “PEACE” - caused significant losses economically
What was the impact/outcomes of the treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
3 billion roubles to be paid to germany in reparations
54% of industrial enterprises lost
humiliation for new government to have lost so much
the red armys soldiors were to : “observe…
strictest military disapline”
(RED TERROR) “The sooner we get rid of the bourgeois…
the sooner we reach socialism” - Dzerzhinsky
what level had harvests drop from pre-war during the 1921 famine?
37%
how many people did the 1921 famine kill?
5 million
what were the dates of the tenth party congress?
8th-16th of march
what were the policies of war communism?
- Grain requositioning + crusade for bread)
- militarised workplaces
- nationalisation of industry (factories, railways, banks brought under state control)
- forced labor for the bourgeoisis
what was the NEP for?
to provide breathing space for russias depleted nation. abandoning war communism policies
What were the outcomes of the NEP?
considered a step backwards by radical bolsheviks
grain production increased by 100%
industry production increased by 100%
abandonment of war communism policies
why was state capitalism implemented?
to restore the economy post war. aimed as a transitional phase before socialism
(the kronstadt revolt was) “a symbolic parting of the ways between
the bolsheviks and the working class” - sheila fitzpatrick
the nep was “an improvised response
to desperate economic circumstances” - sheila fitzpatrick
“in october 1917, the bolsheviks were…
pushing against an already open door” - lynch
the reds won because of their “ superiority in…
manpower and war material” - pipes
(war communism) the bolsheviks “had no choice but to take from the…
hungry to give to the hungrier” - steven smith
what was the outcomes of the treaty of brest-litovsks?
3 billion roubles to be paid to germany in reperations
54% of industrial reperations lost
how does sheila fitzpatrick describe the NEP?
“an improvised response to desperate economic circumstances”
