Russia - The Bolsheviks in power

Question 1

Some white army generals:

Answer 1

Admiral Kolchak

General Yudenich

General Wrangel

Question 2

What was the name of the government intended to be their permanent democratic government?

Answer 2

The Constituent Assembly

Question 3

What is important about the city of Krondstadt?

Answer 3

There was a naval base where sailors mutinied against the government in 1921.

Previously, they had been loyal to the Bolsheviks.

Trotsky and the Red Army were used to crush the rebellion.

Question 4

What was Lenin’s secret police called?

Answer 4

The Cheka

They arrested, imprisoned and executed political oponents.

Question 5

what was War Communism?

Answer 5

A method for controlling the economy whilst supplying the red army during the civil war.

Included:
rationing food in cities - particularly in food shortages
Ban private trading - peasants gave surplus food to the government
Factories were nationalised - controlled by governments and told specific amount that had to be made
Rapid inflation - money was worthless

Question 6

What was NEP?

Answer 6

• Peasants could give fixed amount of grain to the Government
• More food production = less tax
• Factories with less than 20 workers - denationalised
• money could be used again: New Rouble introduced
• Key industries could restate control.

Some thought this was going in the wrong direction for communism, infact more towards capitalism.