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Russia 1917-1939
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- 1Why did the civil war occur?-Bolsheviks had not helped them quickly enough - still food shortages especially since loss of Ukraine to BL
- CA closed down after one day - no democracy - prepared to fight Bolsheviks for it
- Sovnarkom was Bolshevik led in October but Mensh and SRs ignored and formed opposition - 2What happened in the civil war?Spring 1918 - war began
1919 defeats for reds - Yudenich, British, NW and threatened Petrograd
- Denikin, French, South especially Ukraine
- Kolchak, British, East
1919 - due to Trotsky and weaknesses and divisions of the whites, both Yudenich and Denikin were defeated
1920 - Kolchak shot - 3Why BL-Russians promised 'PBL'
-Lenin needed to increase support
-War exacerbated lots of problems - 4what BL?- Trotsky led negotiations
-Idea was to prolong discussions long enough for revolution and then fair treaty
- Early 1918 Germans made big push into Russia and Trotsky forced to sign - 5Effects of BL?-Bolshevik popularity increased despite losses of treaty
-Once war between Germany and the allies was over in November 1918 the treaty was meaningless - 6Why WC?Military: provide supplies and food for red army until reds win war
Political: share wealth among Russian people - state in control
Economic: provide food for workers to continue industrial production - 7What WC?-Vesenkha coordinated it
-Grain requisitioning - used coercion
-Peasants set quotas
-Banning of private trade - unable to sell products for profit
-rationing - soldiers and UW larger than anyone else, nobility and upper class v. small
-factories of more than 10 workers under state control - 8Why July Days?Why: 1) Pg did not resolve any of problems and people were not happy with them
2) war was getting worse with huge defeats on Austrian front and soldiers were deserting and coming back to Petrograd to join demonstrations
3) Bolsheviks took opportunity to overthrow PG - 9What July days?- 3 days of demonstrations in Petrograd with the loyal police and army troops shooting demonstrators
- 30,000 sailors, soldiers and workers out on streets demonstrating - 10Effects of July days?- Kerensky became new PM of PG (Lvov gone)
- Did not overthrow PG
- Indicated strength of opposition to PG but also that no party yet strong enough - 11Why February revolution?-WW1 exacerbated problems faced by
Tsar
-He lost control of Duma, urban workers and army - 12Why Kornilov coup?- He was supreme commander in chief
- He wanted to set up a military dictatorship
-He wanted to get rid of PS because they wanted to end the war - 13What Kornilov coup?-Him and his men advanced towards Petrograd but a strike by railway workers prevented their train reaching Petrograd and he was arrested
-PG armed Bolsheviks to protect Petrograd
- issued a manifesto - asked for war to continue and called for a meeting of the CA - 14Effects of the Kornilov coup?- no likelihood of a military dictatorship
-Bolsheviks look even stronger and are now armed
-Army continued to lose and desertions increased - 15Tsar abdicated?2nd March 1917
- 16When was the civil war?1918-1921
- 17Effects of the civil war on the people?- Red terror
-resistance e.g. Kronstadt mutiny
- WC
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