Russia AOS2 Flashcards
When was the Decree on Land and Decree on Peace?
27th October 1917
When was the decree on marriage?
5th December 1917
When was the creation of CHEKA?
7th December 1917
When was the dissolve of the constituent assembly?
6th January 1918
When was the red army founded?
23rd February 1918
When was the treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
3rd March 1918
When did the economic policy of State Capitalism take place?
April 1918-December 1918
When did the revolt of the Czech Legion occur?
22nd May 1918
When was the decree on Red Terror?
5th September 1918
When was the Decree on Food Supply?
11th January 1919
When did the Civil War take place?
1918-1921
When did the economic policy of War Communism take place?
1918-1921
When was the polish soviet war?
26th April 1920-18th March 1921
When was the Kronstadt revolt?
1st March 1921-18th March 1921
When was the 10th Party Congress
8th March-16th March 1921
When was the treaty of Riga
18th March 1921
When was the 1921 Famine?
1921-1922
When was the scissor crisis?
1923-1928
When was the NEP?
1921-1928
What was time of The Great Literacy program?
1920s
When was Electrification?
Started in 1921
When did Lenin died?
21st January 1924
What does the decree on land consist of?
Decree on land states that peasants can seize the land from the gentry and the churches without compensation.
What does the decree on peace consist of?
Calling for a “just and democratic peace” which states that Russia should be withdrawn from the war “without annexations and without reparations.”
What does the decree on marriage consist of?
Granted women right to divorce, marriages based on mutual consent, women were guaranteed equal pay in the workplace.
Why did the Sovnarkom created the CHEKA?
The government needed its own political police force to investigate the counter revolutionary and criminal activities.
Why did the constituent assembly dissolved?
The Bolshevik were not the majority of the election and SR was majority. Therefore it impacted the legitimacy of Bolsheviks.
What is the percentage of seats for the Bolshevik and the SR in the constituent assembly?
Bolsheviks gain 24% of seats, SR gain 52% of seats
What did the Treaty of Brest-Litovisk consist of?
Russia lost 89% of coal and iron reserves, 34% of population, 32% of farmland, 52% of industrial enterprises and 26% of railways. 3 billion roubles as war reparations. Peace with Germany and withdraw from WW1.
How much people died in the Red Terror?
50000-200000
Why did the Bolshevik introduced decree on food supply and what were its effects
The Bolshevik had to gather supplies for the troops and workers. The Bolsheviks send grain requisition squads causing conflict with the local people. Therefore, this caused peasants to be unwilling to grow grain, contributed to the 1921 famine.
What are the key reason towards the Bolshevik victory in the civil war?
Geography- 70 million in red controlled territory and 8-10 million in White controlled territory.
Leadership of Trotsky- Gathering officers of Tsarist regime, political commissar.
Ideology-United in one ideology compared to the White army.
Propaganda- The red used propaganda to help unite its people towards winning.
When is the decree on Nationalisation?
28th June 1918
What are the key policies of War Communism?
Militarisation of the industry. Nationalisation of industry. Force labour of bourgeoisie. Grain requisitioning method such as committee of the poor and decree on food supply. State supplied services replaced wages.
What were the outcomes of the Polish Soviet war?
Russia were forced to cede large amount of land in Belarusian and Ukraine. Pay 30 million roubles compensation. Forsaken their belief of international revolution.
how many people died in the 1921 Famine?
5 million
What is the scissors crisis?
The surplus of agricultural goods caused the agricultural price to fall, while the shortage of industrial goods caused the industrial prices to rise. Therefore, the farmer had to produce more agricultural goods to buy industrial goods, which disadvantages them.
What are the key policies of NEP?
Abolition of money was cancelled, and cash wages were reintroduced. Grain requisitioning was replaced by a tax based on farmer’s harvest and peasants were allowed to keep their grain after they paid the tax. Militarisation of the workplace was cancelled. Government sold small factories or leased it to private workers. The economy however was still under government control and sectors of the industry remained under state leadership.
How much has electric output improved in Russia from 1921 to 1926
520 KW in 1921 to 3508 KW in 1926
By how much was literacy improved in the Great Literacy program?
40% to 68% for men, and 16 to 56% for women.