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The OCtober/November Revolution Flashcards

1
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Why was the time right for a revolution?

A

Bolsheviks dominated Petrograd and Moscow Soviets,
PG was weak,
Bolsheviks had red guards

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2
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When was the MRC established?

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16 October

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3
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How many petrograd garrisons declared allegiance to the MRC

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15/18

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4
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How many petrograd garrisons declared allegiance to the MRC

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15/18

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5
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What happened on 23 October 1917?

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Kerensky attempted to limit the power of MRC by cutting Bolshevik troops off and closing newspapers

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6
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When did the Red Guards initially capture key positions in Petrograd?

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24th October

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7
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What happened on the 25th October?

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Red Guards enter Winter Palace
Second Congress of Soviets meeting - Mensheviks and SRs protest against seizure of power

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When did the Congress of Soviets vote to take power?

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26th October

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9
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What is the first thing the Congress votes on?

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Lenin’s decree of Peace

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10
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What is the Sovnarkom?

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A Central Committee - members of Bolsheviks and left-wing SRs

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When was the Sovnarkom established?

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27th October

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12
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How many people were involved with the Revolution?

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25-35,000

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13
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How many were present at the storming of the Winter Palace?

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10-15,000

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14
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How many deaths were involved?

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estimated around 5 - very little fighting

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15
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What did Soviet historians think about Lenin’s involvement in the Oct Revolution?

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idealised Lenin and downplayed Trotsky’s role in organising Red Guard

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16
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What would critics of Lenin argue about 1917?

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He was absent for most of it - weakness in PG rather than Lenin’s strength

17
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What would Western Historians claim about the October Revolutions compared to revisionists?

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Tended to claim a coup d’etat, however modern historians argue it was a popular rebellion exploited by Bolsheviks

18
Q

What did the October/November revolution transfer the power to?

A

the All-Russian Congress of Soviets

19
Q

Who walked out of the executive committee after the Bolsheviks won the majority?

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The Mensheviks and Right0-wing SRs

20
Q

Who was the Chairman of the Sovnarkom?

A

Lenin

21
Q

Who initially refused to work for the Bolshevik government?

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Civil servants - banks took 10 days to hand over state funds under armed threat

22
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Why was the Bolsheviks’ military force weakened after the revolution?

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Soldiers went back to homes in the countryside

23
Q

When was the army cadet rising against the Bolsheviks?

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29 October

24
Q

When was Kerensky’s opposition defeated?

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2 November

25
Q

What did Lenin announce on the 5th November?

A

That the Revolution has succeeded

26
Q

Why did Kamenev, Zinoviev and Rykov leave the Bolshevik party on 3rd November?

A

Lenin’s ultimatum to end division.

27
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What was the 4 early Lenin decrees?

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Decree on Peace
Decree on Workers Rights
Decree on Land
Decree to establish Cheka
Social Decrees

28
Q

What was the Decree on Peace?

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Promised to end war

29
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What was the Decree to establish the Cheka?

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Created the state secret police - Cheka

30
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What abolished private land ownership?

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Lenin’s Decree on Land - as well as legalised land seizures

31
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What was the Workers decree?

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Workers had a maximum 8 Hour day

32
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What banned the opposition press?

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the Press decree

33
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What was the Decree to Outlaw sex discrimination?

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gave equal rights for women

34
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What was the Decrees on the Church?

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removed marriage and divorce from church control

35
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What allowed workers to ‘supervise’ managers?

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The Decree on Workers Control

36
Q

Who led the Cheka in 1917?

A

Felix Dzerzhinsky

37
Q

What did Lenin establish in December 1917?

A

the Vesenkha - Supreme Soviet of the National Economy
Gained control over economy

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