Russian Revolution part 4

Question 1

outcomes of bolshevik revolution

Answer 1

-The Bolsheviks were totally opposed to private property. Most
industry and banks were nationalised in November 1917. This meant
that the government took over ownership and management.
-Land was declared social property and peasants were allowed to seize the
land of the nobility.
-In cities, Bolsheviks enforced the partition of
large houses according to family requirements.
-They banned the use of the old titles of aristocracy. To assert the change, new
uniforms were designed for the army and officials, following a
clothing competition organised in 1918 ñ when the Soviet hat
(budeonovka) was chosen.

Question 2

what was the bolshevik part renamed to and when

Answer 2

The Bolshevik Party was renamed the Russian Communist Party

Bolshevik

Question 3

explain vladimir’s conflict with the assembly
(or)
how did russia become a one party state

Answer 3

In November 1917, the Bolsheviks conducted the
elections to the Constituent Assembly, but they failed to gain
majority support. In January 1918, the Assembly rejected Bolshevik
measures and Lenin dismissed the Assembly. He thought the All
Russian Congress of Soviets was more democratic than an assembly
elected in uncertain conditions. In March 1918, despite opposition
by their political allies, the Bolsheviks made peace with Germany
at Brest Litovsk. In the years that
followed, the Bolsheviks became
the only party to participate in the
elections to the All Russian
Congress of Soviets, which became
the Parliament of the country.Russia became a one-party state.

Question 4

what measures were brought in after russia became a one party state

Answer 4

-Trade unions were kept under
party control. 
-The secret police
(called the Cheka first, and later
OGPU and NKVD) punished
those who criticised the
Bolsheviks. 
-Many young writers
and artists rallied to the Party
because it stood for socialism and
for change. 
-After October 1917,
this led to experiments in the arts
and architecture. But many became
disillusioned because of the
censorship the Party encouraged

Question 5

explain the impact of the russian revolution and ussr on the world

Answer 5

Existing socialist parties in Europe did not wholly approve of the
way the Bolsheviks took power ñ and kept it. However, the possibility
of a workersí state fired peopleís imagination across the world. In
many countries, communist parties were formed ñ like the
Communist Party of Great Britain. The Bolsheviks encouraged
colonial peoples to follow their experiment. Many non-Russians from
outside the USSR participated in the Conference of the Peoples of
the East (1920) and the Bolshevik-founded Comintern (an international
union of pro-Bolshevik socialist parties). Some received education in
the USSRís Communist University of the Workers of the East. By
the time of the outbreak of the Second World War, the USSR had
given socialism a global face and world stature.

Question 6

explain the downfall of the ussr

Answer 6

by the 1950s it was acknowledged within the country that the
style of government in the USSR was not in keeping with the ideals
of the Russian Revolution. In the world socialist movement too it
was recognised that all was not well in the Soviet Union. A backward
country had become a great power. Its industries and agriculture
had developed and the poor were being fed. But it had denied the
essential freedoms to its citizens and carried out its developmental
projects through repressive policies. By the end of the twentieth
century, the international reputation of the USSR as a socialist
country had declined though it was recognised that socialist ideals
still enjoyed respect among its people. But in each country the ideas
of socialism were rethought in a variety of different ways.