Treaty Flashcards
1
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divided
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- Factions developed
- Bukharin led the Left Communist Faction, supported by Left SRs; called for no peace “fatal for the revolution” (Bukharin)
- Lenin viewed the LC as having “an infantile disorder”
- Argued for “immediate peace” → Supported by Stalin and Sverdlov.
- Trotsky: “neither peace, nor war.”
2
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Treaty Time
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- Feb 22 1918: New Treaty proposed with harsher terms
- Mar 3 1918: Sovnarkom accepts Treaty
- 89% of iron ore and coal reserves
- 54% of industrial enterprises
- 26% railroads
- 34% of population
- 32% farmland (Ukraine)
- 3 billion roubles
3
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The political impact
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- response to challenge but creates greatest challenge to new society and securing peace
- Couldn’t afford external threats because they had so many internal threats
- Proof Bols. Are not there to rule for the people
- Feb: Trotsky appointed War Commissar.
- Mar 12: Capital moved to Moscow.
- Nov 13 1918: Bolsheviks renounce the Treaty, regain land and resources lost.
- Creates a one-party state (SRs leave in protest, Bols. Change name to All-Russian - Communist Party, March 19)
- Losses forced war communism
- Cause of civil war
- Led to drop in production and the economy
4
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How the T of B-L led to the Polish-Soviet War
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- Poland had desired independence.
- The Treaty had led to Poland gaining some autonomy.
5
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The Polish-Soviet
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- 1920-1921
- Poland had desired independence
- May 1920: Poles capture Kiev
- Red Army launched counterattack and pushed Poles back to Warsaw
- Left Communists saw this as a chance to start international Marxist rev
- 12-15th Aug 1920: Battle of Warsaw (Red Army defeated)
6
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The Treaty of Riga
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- 18 March 1921: Treaty of Riga
- Signed so that Bols. could focus on internal issues like famine, economic failure and the Kronstadt Revolt
- 30 million gold roubles
- Ukrainian and Belorussian territory
- Resources for rail construction
- Assurance of peace (until WW2)
- Forced concessions under the Treaty
- Made the Communist Party less willing to push for global rev
