What are some ways the Bolsheviks quashed opposition?
They banned all other newspapers, the Kadet Party was banned, law courts were replaced by revolutionary tribunals and the Cheka shot enemies of the Bolsheviks.
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What occurred during the great terror?
The Cheka terrorised enemies, executed 50,000 to 140,000 people and sent people to concentration camps
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What parties did the Bolsheviks ban?
the Kadet group, anarchists, the SU and the mensheviks
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What happened during the Kronstadt mutiny?
The political group of sailors (labeled as the 'whites' and 'counter-revolutionaries') fought against the Bolsheviks but hundreds were killed
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What is the Kronstadt rebellion?
March 1921: sailors at Kronstadt, a naval base, rebelled against War Communism. They also called for a return to democracy.
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Where did rebellions against the Bolsheviks take place?
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August 1920: Peasants in the Tambov region revolted against War Communism
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50,000 people from the Tambov fought the communists
3
Strikes in Petrograd led to the Red Army firing on the workers
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What name did the Bolsheviks use for St. Petersburg in the early years of their rule?
Petrograd.
In fact, the tsar had changed the name during the First World War to make it sound more Russian and less German.
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How many soldiers did the Red Army have by 1920?
5 million
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Which colours relate to the armies of the Russian Civil War?
Red
Bolsheviks.
Green
Peasant armies.
White
Nationalists and monarchists.
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What was the name of the Bolshevik secret police?
The Cheka
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Which public works project was most successful under Lenin?
Electrification
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What changes happened to agriculture under Lenin and Trotsky?
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Productivity in farming went back to pre-war levels
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Some peasants were able to raise funds to buy new machinery and tools
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But exports to other countries never reached their 1913 levels
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During which years was economic growth strong under Lenin?
1922-23
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What did the USSR stand for?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
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When did Russia become the USSR?
1924
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What took over power from the Sovnarkom under Lenin?
Politburo
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How did Lenin rule?
It was a dictatorship and he was largely authoritarian
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When was the Red Terror?
September 1918 - February 1919
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Where were concentration camps established during the Red Terror?
The Solovetsky Islands
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What was the name of the Bolshevik propaganda organisation used during the Civil War?
Agitprop
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Front
What occurred during the great terror?
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The Cheka terrorised enemies, executed 50,000 to 140,000 people and sent people to concentration camps
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