The Kronstadt Rising Flashcards
What was significant about the Kronstadt sailors?
They had been staunch supporters of the Bolsheviks in 1917
What were the short term causes of the Kronstadt Rising?
The famine of 1921
A reduction of a third in urban bread rations
Riots and a declaration of martial law
What were the long term causes of the Kronstadt rising?
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
How many rebelled at Kronstadt?
30,000
Who put down the Kronstadt rebellion?
Tuchachevsky
What happened to the rebels?
Ring leaders were shot
15,000 were captured (mostly sent to labour camps)
They were denounced as white traitors
What were the consequences of the Kronstadt rising?
Shook Lenin
Was potentially the turning point for a new economic policy
What opposition was demonstrated within the party?
Kollontai set up a ‘Workers’ Opposition Group’ which opposed War Communism and the state control of the trade unions
How many Red Army Troops were sent to put down the mutiny? And against how many?
50,000 vs. 17,000
What was Lenin’s response to the Workers’ Opposition?
He labelled it a ‘syndicalist deviation’