U3AOS2 STATS Flashcards
What was the bread ration in Petrograd by 1918?
50g/per day
How much of Russia’s grain was Ukraine responsible for producing?
35%
What did the Decree on Food Supply do?
outlawed private trade of grain and intro GR
13 May 1918
How many people died in the 1920 Famine?
5mil from disease and starvation
What did peasants do to GR agents?
Killed 15,000 of them 1918-20
How many major peasant rebellions broke out in 1921?
50
Key features of the Tambov Rebellion?
- 50,000 ppl in guerilla army
- 1920-21
- took 12mo for RA to suppress
What proportion of Russian factories experienced worker strikes in 1920?
3/4
What happened in Petrograd in Feb 1921?
General strike
What did the NEP do for peasants?
- legalised private trade
- only pay a 10% tax + ‘in kind’
- areas hard hit by famine no tax for 2 (?) yrs
How many RA conscripts were demobilised at the end of the Civil War?
4.4mil
What happened to urban populations as a result of the 1920 Famine?
P pop dec 70%
M pop dec 50%
Economic outcomes of War Communism
Buying power 1920 = 2% of 1914
Industrial output = 13% of pre-war levels
Steel output = 4% of pre-war levels
Iron ore = 1.5% of pre-war levels
Copper prof = ceased entirely
(change - worsening econ situation)
How did the Bolsheviks punish those involved in the Kronstadt Rebellion?
2300 Kr executed later by Cheka/6459 sent to gulags
How many German troops were involved in their Jan 1918 offensive?
700,000
Outcomes of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
- Lose 32% farmland incl Ukr = “breadbasket of R”
- Lose 1/3 Eur terr
- Lose 89% iron ore/coal reserves
- Lose 54% industrial enterprises
- Lose 26% railways
- 3bn roubles reparations (war cost 1.5bn)
Why and when did the Bolsheviks reintroduce conscription?
29 May 1918 bc only 360,000 volunteer
Key features of the RA during the Civil War
- Harsh discipline: cap punishment for retreat/desertion/abandoning equip/inciting others
- Reintro conventional army X ppl’s militia – ranks + units
- Former T officials in charge = “mil experts” – holds fams hostage
- Reintro conscription 29 May 1918 bc only 360K volunteer
- Delegated specialised tasks to “mil experts”
→ army of 5 mil men by end 1920
How many soldiers deserted the RA by the end of 1921?
4mil??
Details of ‘nationalisation from below’
- in M/P for every 1 factory nat by govt, 4 seized by workers
- Workers = lack management skills → unsus pay rises + take equip + stocks
How many deserters were arrested by the Cheka during 1918 and 1919?
1918 - 500,000
1919 - 800,000
How did the Bolsheviks punish those involved in the Tambov Rebellion?
1920-21 100,000 peasants + fams sent to gulags → 15,000 killed
(Gulags = high mortality + “repeated massacres”)
What happened at Astrakhan?
12-14 Mar 1918
Astrakhan strikers + RA soldiers → 2,000-4,000 killed
also 600-1,000 bourg killed
What happened at the Putilov steelworks?
strike → 900 arrested + 200 killed by Cheka
How many bourgeoisie did Zinoviev order the execution of after the issuing of the Decree on the Red Terror (5 Sep 1918)?
500 → 1000s more over next months
Why was the food situation bad when the Bolsheviks took power?
- peasants were hoarding grain in response to T’s grain quotas
- military was being prioritised for rail access
Why were the Bolsheviks able to suppress the Tambov Rebellion?
Tambov Rebellion/Gr armies defeated by mid-1921 bc RA able to redivert forces occupied in Poland
Red Army size end 1920
5 mil
How large was the population of Red Army controlled areas?
70mil
How many desertions from the Red Army by 1921?
4mil
How many troops in White Army?
Oct 1920
37,000
How large was the population of White Army controlled areas?
8-10mil
Who fought in the White Army?
Former tsarist/PG officers, K pol, bourg, patriots appalled by TBL, Cossacks
H/e Cossack support X harnessed until too late bc initially opp to Cossack ind movements
Who attacked Moscow 5months apart?
Denikin + Kulchak
White Army slogan
“Russia shall be great, united and undivided”
What was the result of corruption/political infighting in the White Army?
“Generals Revolution”
Where did Britain control during the Civil War?
Port in Arcangel
Oilfields in Azerbaijan
What percent of food in cities were sourced illegally as a result of banning private trade?
60%