The Kronstadt Rising Flashcards

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What was significant about the Kronstadt sailors?

A

They had been staunch supporters of the Bolsheviks in 1917

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What were the short term causes of the Kronstadt Rising?

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The famine of 1921
A reduction of a third in urban bread rations
Riots and a declaration of martial law

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What were the long term causes of the Kronstadt rising?

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They believed the Bolsheviks had become detached from the people
The state control of trade unions left no voice for workers
They resented the one-party state, the abolition of democratic institutions and the lack of civil rights

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How many rebelled at Kronstadt?

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30,000

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Who put down the Kronstadt rebellion?

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Tuchachevsky

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What happened to the rebels?

A

Ring leaders were shot
15,000 were captured (mostly sent to labour camps)
They were denounced as white traitors

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What were the consequences of the Kronstadt rising?

A

Shook Lenin

Was potentially the turning point for a new economic policy

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What opposition was demonstrated within the party?

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Kollontai set up a ‘Workers’ Opposition Group’ which opposed War Communism and the state control of the trade unions

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How many Red Army Troops were sent to put down the mutiny? And against how many?

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50,000 vs. 17,000

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What was Lenin’s response to the Workers’ Opposition?

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He labelled it a ‘syndicalist deviation’

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