RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR Flashcards
When was the Russian Civil War?
1917-21
What did • defeat in the Polish campaign bring to the Bolsheviks?
A similar kind of humiliation as the Crimean War and Russo-Japanese War did to the tsars
Who was the Russian Army defeated by?
the Red Army which was vastly inferior
What put Lenin on the defensive?
Foreign intervention during the war on behalf of the whites and a general mistrust of the bolsheviks by western European governments
What did the Bolsheviks move towards after the war?
A foreign policy centred on developing peaceful relations but did not abandon tge idea of a Comintern
How did the war influence the nature of Russian government?
The post war communist government consisted of men who had served in the red army, the cheka and other bodies
and their was carried over into the running of the new Russia
What was emphasis put on for the new government?
Orderliness, trustworthiness, comradeship and loyalty to the party
What is this militaristic approach to government is well illustrated by?
The introduction of war communism in 1918
What were the effects of War Communism and a militaristic government?
Divisions within the party and a move away from the use of terror to control the populace
What was introduced to bring stability to government?
New Economic Policy 1921-28
Why was the NEP seen as a contradiction of all that the communists stood for?
It represented a temporary retreat from its previous policy of extreme centralisation and doctrinaire socialism
What did the war lead to power being?
More centralised, revolved around the Politburo and Orgburo
What party sub-committees became the main organs of government?
Politburo (principle policymaking committee 1917) and Orgburo (oversaw organisation of the Soviet Union)
