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Lenin's Society Flashcards
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- 1Petrograd SovietThe workers and soldiers came together to form a Soviet, which was a committee that represented them. Further, they wanted to coordinate revolution.
- 2Provisional GovernmentEmergency government set up after the abdication of the Tsar.
- 3The 'July Days'A failed revolution attempt by the Bolsheviks in July 1917.
- 4Kornilov RevoltIn August 1917, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian army, General Lavr Kornilov, attempted a military coup d'état against the Provisional government. The Bolsheviks took the lead in ending the attempted coup.
- 5October Revolution 1917Lenin and the Bolsheviks managed to take over Russia.
- 6Vladimir LeninLeader of the Bolsheviks.
- 7Leon TrotskyHelped led the Bolsheviks and commanded the Red Army.
- 8April ThesesLenin offered the people of Russia 'peace, bread, land' and promised to bring 'all power to the Soviets'.
- 9CommunismLenin sought to introduce Communism to Russia. This involved:
1. The abolition of private property
2. Government control of industry and agriculture
3. Establishment of a one-party dictatorship - 10ChekaLenin's secret police led by Felix Dzerzhinsky.
- 11Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918Treaty signed in March 1918 between Germany and Russia in order to take Russia out of the war.
- 12The WhitesThe army who opposed the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War. The Whites were an accumulation of many different groups who opposed Lenin: Social Revolutionaries, former supporters of the Tsar, Provisional Government backers, landlords and industrialists.
- 13Civil War GeneralsThe Siberian Army led by General Kolchak.
Southern Volunteer army under General Denikin.
North-Western army under General Yudenich. - 14Czech LegionA group of people who wanted Russia to return to fighting in the World War.
- 15Treaty of Riga 1921Treaty signed in March 1921 to establish peace between the Polish and Russia after the Russo-Polish War.
- 16The 'Red Terror'Between 1918 and 1922, an estimated 140,000 people were executed by the Cheka. Many were executed directly, while the majority died working away in gulags (forced labour camps). This time of quashing opposition was known as the 'Red Terror'.
- 17War CommunismLenin's policy in 1918 that aimed to:
1. To keep the Red Army supplied with food and weapons
2. Introduce a communist system to share wealth - 18VesenkhaA government body established to indicate how much each industry should produce.
- 19Kronstadt RevoltIn March 1921, a revolt of 10,000 sailors at Kronstadt occurred. They were angered by the failed promises of the Bolsheviks from the October Revolution.
- 20New Economic PolicyThis was Lenin's new policy after he abandoned War Communism in March 1921.
- 21Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)1923: Lenin organises the four republics; Russia, Byelorussia, Transcaucasia and the Ukraine into the USSR.
- 22'Last Testament'Lenin's writings on his life and the future of the Soviet Union.
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