The Red Terror Flashcards

1
Q

What triggered the launch of the Red Terror?

A

An assassination attempt on Lenin in August 1918.

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2
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What exactly was the Red Terror?

A

The government’s use of terror and coercion into forcing obedience from its subjects. Just an intensification of what had already been happening: killing bourgeoisie and kulaks etc.

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3
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What was the Red Terror particularly aimed at? What did the Cheka do to these targets?

A

Political Enemies such as Social Revolutionaries, Mensheviks, Kulaks, Bourgeoisie etc. Rounded them up and shote them usually.

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4
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What’s the estimated number of those shot in the Red Terror between 1918 and 1920?

A

500,000

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5
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What caused the Tambov Revolt?

A

The Famine of 1921.

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6
Q

How many reported uprisings were there in February 1921?

A

155 uprisings.

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7
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How many peasants were part of the peasant army in the Tambov Revolt?

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70,000 men.

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8
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How many Red Army soldiers were deployed to sort out the Tambov Revolt?

A

100,000 Red Army Soldiers.

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9
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Which incident, involving a group of people who’d previously been huge supporters of the Bolsheviks, caused Lenin to change economic direction?

A

The Kronstadt Rising in 1921.

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10
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What triggered the Kronstadt Rising in 1921?

A

A reduction by a 1/3 in the Petrograd and Moscow bread ration.

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How many soldiers involved in the Kronstadt Rising?

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30,000 armed soldiers.

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12
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What did the Kronstadt Rising soldiers demand?

A

‘Soviets without Bolsheviks.’

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13
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Lenin declared the rebelling Kronstadt Sailors in 1921 to be?

A

Traitors to the regime.

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14
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How did Lenin respond to the Kronstadt Rising in 1921?

A

He sent Trotsky and the Red Army to sort it. Took 15,000 of the rebels prisoner.

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15
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What was ‘The Workers Opposition Group’?

A

A faction set up within the Party which called for the removal of state-appointed managers in factories and them to be replaced by elected managers.

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16
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Which prominent Bolshevik opposed the continuation of War Communism after the Kronstadt Rising?

A

Ye olde Trotsky tehehehe