U4AOS2 - Russia Flashcards
1
Q
Key figures of the Red Army
A
- Trotsky
- Lenin
- Dzerzhinsky
2
Q
Key figures of the White Army
A
- Kolchak
- Yudenick
- Denikin
3
Q
Key figures of the Green Army
A
- Antonov (past SR)
4
Q
How many peasant uprisings were there?
A
118
5
Q
What was the largest uprising?
A
Tambov (in Ukraine) 1920-1021
6
Q
When did the Kronstadt Naval Base rebel?
A
March 1921
7
Q
When was the 10th party congress?
A
March 1921 (a week after the Kronstadt Naval Base fights)
8
Q
What did the NEP involve?
A
- tax introduced instead of grain requisitioning
- re-introduced free trade
- the government retained control of industrial production
9
Q
What were Lenin and Trotsky’s opinions in NEP
A
Lenin: ‘breathing spell’
Trotsky: ‘first sign of the degeneration of Bolshevism’
10
Q
What were to two policies introduced at the 10th party congress?
A
- NEP
- Anti-factionalism motion
11
Q
What was changed within the Bolshevik ideology from 1917-1921?
A
- approach (NEP)
- timeline
12
Q
What continued within the Bolshevik party from 1917-1921?
A
- bolsheviks wanted to protect the revolution and control the revolution
- Lenin’s ideology
13
Q
What were the main revolutionary ideas from 1917-1921?
A
- to bring about a communist state (people own means of production and no capitalism)
- land for peasants
- peace (no imperial war)
- global communism to spread
- dictatorship of the proletariat
