Authoritarian -
Nov 17: Bukharin ordered that 'formal democracy' would have to abandoned during Russian Civil War
Dec 17: Lenin formed secret police force, Cheka, to eliminate enemies of Bolsheviks (200,000 executed 1917-1923)
Jan 18: Elections to Constituent Assembly Bolsheviks won 175 seats, Social Revolutionaries won 410. Lenin dismissed the assembly
March 20: Lenin signed Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, ending war with Germany
August 20: Red Army had to defeat a force of 50,000 rebels on Tambov Uprising
Jan 21: Nomenklatura system, party members on lists based on loyalty/obedience, promotions due to list
Feb 21: Cheka destroyed all political parties
March 21: Lenin put forward 'One Party Unit', members of Bolshevik Party forced to support all views of party leaders
Feb 22: OGPU replaced Cheka, purged a third of Bolshvik Party members - anyone who disagreed with Lenin
Oct 22: All political parties other than Bolsheviks banned, country run by Sovnarkom and Politburo
Jan 24: Bolshevik Party membership 1,000,000(1917=300,000)

	Created by Kiera L over 7 years ago

AS level History (Russia - Communist Government) Slide Set on Communist Government 1917-85, created by Kiera L on 30/01/2017.