The Communist Dictatorship

Question 1

Who lead the anti-peace settlement Bolshevik group

Answer 1

Bukharin

Question 2

What was Trotskys approach to the German peace settlement

Answer 2

Neither peace nor war

Question 3

What treaty concluded ww1 for russia

Answer 3

Brest-Litovsk in March 1918

Question 4

What were the conditions of the Treat of Brest Litovsk

Answer 4

Huge swathes of western russia lost; Finland, the baltics, poland became independent
1/6 population lost
1/3 agricultural production lost
26% of railways lost
74% of its coal and iron supplies lost

Question 5

How did lenin show he had no intention of sharing power

Answer 5

The Petrograd Soviet contained multiple parties so he sidelined it and created the Bolshevik dominated Sovnarkom

Question 6

Which two bolsheviks temporarily resigned because lenin refused to share power

Answer 6

Zinoviev and Kamenev

Question 7

How many were killed protesting Lenins dissolution of the Constituent Assembly

Answer 7

12

Question 8

Why did the Left wing SRs walk out of Sovnarkom in protest and why was this bad for Lenin

Answer 8

Protesting Treaty of Brest-litovsk
This was bad as lenins claim to legitamacy was ruling with the SRs, as they won the popular vote

Question 9

What became a key marxist leninist principle out of Lenins struggles in 1917 and 18

Answer 9

The one party state was essential

Question 10

How did the Cheka differ from pre-revolution intelligence bodies such as the Okhrana

Answer 10

It was proactive in preventing crime, actively seeking those likely to be subversive, rather than the others which were mainly reactive

Question 11

What was Lenins policy to ensure party unity that would later be pivotal in Russian politics

Answer 11

Ban on Factions

Question 12

When did Lenin die

Answer 12

1924

Question 13

How many Mensheviks were arrested by Lenin and what happened to Martov

Answer 13

5000
Exile

Question 14

When did Lenin write his testament and why was it suppressed

Answer 14

1922-It was extremely critical of several core party members, incl Zin, Kam, Stalin, Bujharin and Trotsky. Although esp. critical of Stalin, it was suppressed by the central committee as none of them wanted it published

Question 15

How did Stalin ‘outwit’ Trotsky

Answer 15

He gave him the wrong date for Lenins funeral, whilst taking the role of chief prominence for himself

Question 16

What did Trotsky publish during the leadership struggle to discredit Zinoviev and Kamenev

Answer 16

Lessons from October- highlighting their unwillingness to support the revolution

Question 17

What position and policy did Stalin hugely take advantage of

Answer 17

As general secretary, he controlled the ‘Nomenklatura’(appointments to the party), and so had a number of ‘Appartichiki’(party members) personally loyal to him

Question 18

Why does Trotsky not appeal when his speeches against beaurcratisation and disctatorship are overthrown

Answer 18

The 1921 ban on factions

Question 19

What was Stalins policy, in direct opposition to Trotsky global permanent revolution and what did people think

Answer 19

Socialism in one country-focussing solely on Russia to create a ‘workers paradise’-was popular with the party

Question 20

What was Lenins controversial economic policy and who supported and was against it

Answer 20

the NEP-New Economic Policy
Supported-Bukharin, Rykov and Tomsky
Against-Trostky, Zinoviev and Kamenev
Stalin flipflopped depending on what suited him(OPpurtunist rather than strict idealogue?)

Question 21

When did Stalin adopt Socialism in One country

Answer 21

By 1924

Question 22

Why did the partys opposition to central dictatorship work to stalins advantage

Answer 22

Stalin was underestimated and trotsky was seen as the most likely candidate for dictatorship; hence anything stalin did, even authoritarian was ignored