Russia Questions from exam Flashcards
What did the Cheka do in the civil war?
beat,hung+shot opponents
When did Lenin arrive from exile?
march ‘17
What did Lenin do when he arrived from exile?
issued the April Thesis
Evidence to show that Lenin was not a benevolent leader like the propaganda showed?
-suppressed political opponents with Cheka
-believed dictatorships led to communism
-Red Terror
Issues facing urban workers?
overpopulation
food shortages,
poverty
bad work conditions
child labour
little/no education
Problems faced by the Russian Army in WW1?
shortage of ammunition, shells, artillery+regular equipment eg.boots
poor leadership
big losses at Tannenburg + Mansurian Lakes
badly treated by aristocratic officers
How many extra jobs were originally created by WW1?
3.5 million
How good were the extra jobs created by WW1?
Conditions+wages didn’t improve
food+fuel shortages-poor transport
Name two cities sprung up in the five year plans
Magnitogorsk and Sverdlovsk
How much shortage of grain was there in 1928?
2 million tonnes shortage
negative social impacts of industrialisation? (USSR)
harsh work conditions,overcrowing
propaganda
punishments 4 lateness
gulags built dams/canals
belomor
v consumer goods
lqueues
wages fell
positive social impacts of industrialisation? (USSR)
work 4 women
day care
city living standards ^
more doctors per head than in UK
free education
sports facilities
when did wages fall (USSR)
1928-37
how many people died constructing the Belomor canal in gulags?
100,000
what was built in the gulags?
dams+canals
