Lenin's Impact on the Russian Civil War

Lenin's Impact on the Russian Civil War

1. War Communism, June 1918

   • The Bolsheviks nationalised the factories
   • Army Discipline was Introduced, persuading forces not to desert.
   • Strikes were made illegal.
   • They introduced rationing and forced the peasants to give food to the government.
   • This put the whole nation on a war footing, and gave the Bolshevik armies the supplies they needed.
   • War Communism was a economic policy adopted by Lenin

2. Lenin spread a campaign of Propaganda to generate support for the Red Army and the Bolsheviks

3. The Cheka, December 1917

   • The Cheka was the secret police set up by Lenin
   • The Cheka was used to remove political opposition
   • The Cheka murdered any Whites they found – more than 7000 people were executed
   • Red Army generals were kept loyal by taking their families hostage
   • Bolsheviks were united and disciplined towards a single end – winning the war

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