The Suppression Of opposition to the Bolshevik government Flashcards
Why was the Bolsheviks position precarious?
Many bankers refused to provide finance and civil servants refuse to work for them
Kerensky had assembled an army which outnumbered Lenins forces
In Moscow and other cities that was fierce, fighting between supporters of the provisional government and bolshevik revolutionaries
Railway and communication workers went on strike in protest against the emergence of a one-party government
What was the position by the end of the war
Large areas of the countryside were still outside Bolshevik control. It would take years of civil war before the communist claim for victory.
Other means of combating opposition
Propaganda, campaign against political and glass enemies
Closure of auntie Bolshevik newspapers
A purge of the civil service
The establishment of a new secret police body, the Cheka
Imprisonment of leading cadets, right wing sauce, and Mensheviks
