russia - lenin's new society Flashcards
when were the july days
16 - 20 july 1917
how many people died in the june offensive
400k
when did kornilov make an attempt to seize power for himself
sept 1917
state the events of the october revolution
Evening of 25 Oct. – Red Guards took control of post offices, bridges and the state bank
26 Oct. – Bolsheviks were in control of most of Petrograd
Evening of 26 Oct. – stormed the Winter Palace
how many hours can peasants work a day
8 hours
state a few bolshevik decrees made
8 Nov – land belonging to the Tsar and Church now belonged to the peasants
12 Nov - working days were limited to 8hrs a day and 48hrs a week
14 Nov – workers were issued against illness or accidents
1 Dec – all non-Bolshevik newspapers were banned
11 Dec – Kadets were banned
20 Dec – CHEKA was set up
27 Dec – banks were under Bolsheviks control of the worker’s committees
31 Dec – marriage could take place without a priest and divorce became easier
what were some terms in the treaty of brest-litvosk
34 % population
32 % agricultural land
54 % industry
26% railways
89% coal mines
300 million gold roubles
when was the treaty of brest-litvosk accepted
march 1918
when was the CHEKA set up
20 dec 1917
by 1921, how many members were in the CHEKA
200k
when was the red army formed
jan 1918
when was the russian civil war
1918 - 1921
when did the czech legion [whites] seize a large section of the trans-siberian railway
mar 1918
how many beatings were there in the red terror
200k - 400k
due to the introduction of conscription in the civil war by 1921, how many soldiers did the red army have
5 million
