The consolidation of the one-party state (5) Flashcards
What did the Sovnarkom continue to do?
It continued it’s spate of decrees in the first months of 1918 and these helped to define the new one-party state.
When were workers put in charge of railways?
In January 1918
What were demobilised and established to protect the Bolshevik regime?
The Old Red Guards were demobilised and a new Red Army of workers and peasants were formed to protect the regime.
When was Trotsky placed head of this army?
March 1918
What also happened in 1918?
The capital was transferred to Moscow, to be more central.
What were separated?
Religion and the state
What did Russia become in 1918?
A secular state, giving no further support to the Orthodox Church even though religion was not banned.
What did the separation decree remove?
The Church’s judicial powers and its right to own property, and many of its assets were seized.
What were closed down?
The religious presses
What disenfranchised?
The clergy, left without civil rights and subject to persecution.
Who were drafted into the Red Army?
Some priests, including prominent bishops, imprisoned.
What did decrees do?
Nationalised industry and abolished land ownership.
Who was land given to?
To those who wish to cultivate it not for personal profit but for the benefit of the community.
What programme long advocated the SR’s and helped to remove the SR’s appeal?
The policy of the “socialisation of land”.
When was the first Soviet Constitution for The RSFSR?
July 1918
