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Russian civil war Flashcards

1
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What were the Bolsheviks unwilling to share

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Power

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2
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What did the Bolsheviks lack control of

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Enough of Russia

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What did Lenin fear

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That further revolution as other parties would have a popular mandate to govern

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4
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Why do some historians believe Lenin wanted a civil war

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So he could quickly defeat his opponents rather than have a long drawn out conflict

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5
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What did the greens support

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Economic power being transferred to local groups of peasants

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6
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What had dominated Russia by July July 1918

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A one party state

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7
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What did some people want a return of

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The tsar/pg government

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8
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Why did Britain and France supply resources for the whites

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Because they wanted Russia to remain in the war and prevent communism

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9
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Who was the Czech legion

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Austria-Hungarian prisoners who fought the allies in hopes to build their own country after they had been defeated

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10
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Who made up the Czech legion

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40,000 men

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10
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Why did national minorities fight the Bolsheviks

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Because they wanted to create their own countries and wanted individualism

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Why did left wing SRs abandon their coalition with the Bolsheviks

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Their opposition to the treaty of Brest-Litovsk

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12
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What did Lenin authorised that caused a clash with the peasantry

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The forcible collection of brain stocks to feed the army and cities

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13
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How did peasants react to grain requisitioning

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Avoided conscription and hid stocks

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14
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What did the white army lack

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A unified command structure and strategy

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15
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What was the white army spread over

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Large geographical areas

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16
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What did the whites often fail to do

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Coordinate attacks and sacrifice own interests and work with the greens

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17
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Why did the whites lack support

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They were considered former tsarist supporters and foreign invaders

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18
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Which officers did the reds use

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Ex-tsarist officers who had great experience

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19
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What did Trotsky control

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Railway routes, making it easier to transport troops

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20
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What did Trotsky enforce in the red army

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Strict discipline and

21
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What did Trotsky use

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The Cheka to remove political opponents

22
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When did foreign forces stop supporting the whites

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After the armistice had been signed

23
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Why did foreign leaders stop helping the whites

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When they realised they had no chance of winning, which weakened the white forces further

24
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Who did polish forces invade

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Ukraine, capturing Kiev

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26
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What treaty ended the conflict with Russia and Poland

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Treaty of riga

27
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What was repression known as between 1918-21

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Red terror

28
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What do some historians argue about Lenin’s use of terror

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That it was adapted due to civil war

29
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What was repression argued to be a key component of

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Marxism-Leninism

30
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What was the Cheka

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Secret police that was modelled on the okhrana

31
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How many members were there in the Cheka by 1921

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143,000

32
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Who was the Cheka accountable to

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Lenin- not the law

33
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Why did Lenin execute the Romanov’s

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He had 2 assassination attempts against him and knew he couldn’t let the old establishment remain

34
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When were the Romanov’s executed

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July 1918

35
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What did Dzerzhinsky set up

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Labour camps for enemies of the revolution

36
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How many labour camps were built

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300

37
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Why did the SRs oppose the Bolsheviks

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Opposed conditions by the imperial powers, rejected the treaty

38
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What did general deniken lead

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White forces on the southern front in Russia and Ukraine

39
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What did denikins army infiltrate

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Mass atrocities and anti-Jewish pogroms

40
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When and where was denekins army defeated

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Orel in 1919

41
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What did admiral kolchak lead

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Lead white move movement and proclaimed supreme ruler

42
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When and where was kolchak defeated

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Siberia in 1919

43
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How did the reds gain recruits

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By offering defeated enemy troops the option to enlist or die

44
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How were the reds sustained

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By a driving sense of purpose and their belief in their own victory

45
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Why had the civil war erupted

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Due to the increasingly high opposition of the Bolshevik givernment

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