Topic 3: Terror Flashcards
Robert Service
Lenin, Trotsky and Dzerzhinsky believed that over-killing was better than running the risk of being overthrown.
Richard Pipes
the ‘Red Terror’ was not a reluctant response to the actions of others but a…measure designed to nip in the bud any thoughts of resistance to the dictatorship
Execution of the Romanovs
17 July 1918
Terror Stats
140,000 killed directly by the Cheka, with an additional 140,000 killed through uprising suppressions
Total of 350,000 soldier died from the Civil War
300,000 to 600,000 victims of anti-Jewish pogroms from both Reds and Whites
Adcock
The murder of the Tsar and imperial family was also more an act of Terror than a security measure.
Orlando Figes
the Reds were not to blame for the ‘extraordinary measures’…they had to act decisively and quickly to defend their revolution against counter-revolutionaries
Alec Nove
were operating in an abnormal and desperate situation
Decree on Red Terror date
5 September 1918
Assassination Attempt
30 August 1918
SR called Fanny Kaplan
Seriously injured Lenin
