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When was the Constituent Assembly due to meet, and how many anti-Bolshevik protesters gathered in Petrograd that day
5th Jan 1918, 50,000
how much of the popular vote for the CA did the Bolsheviks win and what did Lenin call it
less than a quater; Lenin called it ‘unrepresentative’ and ‘illegitimate’
what Lenin quote best epitomises his desire to be free to defeat the Bolsheviks’ internal enemies
‘we need both hands free to throttle the bourgeoisie’
what % of Russia’s population, arable land and coal and iron ore was ceded under Brest-Litovsk
population - 26%; arable land - 27%; coal and iron ore - 74%
what did Left-wings Bolsheviks want in retaliation to Brest-Litovsk
a ‘revolutionary war’ against Germany; they were left by Bukharin, who was nearly 20 years younger than Lenin
what decree created the Cheka, when?
Sovnarkom Decree, December 1917
how many members of the Cheka was there, 1917 vs 1921
1917 - 23 vs 1921 - 150,000
what did one provincial Cheka leader brag about his powers
‘my powers are such that I can shoot anybody’
who led the Cheka, and what did he want the Cheka’s role of the revolution to be?
Felix Dzerzhinsky (‘Iron Felix’), wanted them to be the ‘sword and shield’ of the revolution
when, and under what, did the Bolsheviks shut down hostile newspapers
October 1917 - Decree on the Press
when did the Bolsheviks outlaw Kadets, under what justification
November 1917, calling them ‘enemies of the people’. Its leaders were arrested and imprisoned
what did Zinoviev say about Russia being a one-party state, when
‘our party has for some years been the only legal party in the country’ - Zinoviev, 1921
when were Mensheviks and all SRs expelled from all soviets, and where were they sent
mid-1918, to Siberian prisons and labour camps (note: they were never formally outlawed but many leaders self-exiled themselves)
how many people were killed by the Cheka in 1918 alone
10,000
how many people are thought to have been killed by the Cheka, 1917-23
200,000
when was NII and his family killed by Chekists
17th July, 1918
what 2 decrees did Lenin pass under state capitalism
Decree on Land and Decree on Workers’ Control (both November 1917)
what did Zinoviev say about rationing under War Communism
the middle classes were given ‘just enough bread so as not to forget the smell of it’
when was Veshenka created
December 1917
what was created to enforce grain requisitioning in may 1918, and what was it called in Russian
Food Supplies Dictatorship, prodrazverstka
how many people rebelled in the Tambov uprising and who were they led by
40,000 peasants, Alexander Antonov
how many uprisings did the Cheka report in February 1921 alone
155
how many soldiers mutinied during the Kronstadt mutiny? Who stopped them and how many died?
10,000 sailors, repressed by 50,000 Red Army troops and 10,000 died
what did Lenin call the NEP
‘retreat’ and ‘peasant Brest-Litovsk’
how many people were affected by the famine, summer 1921? How many died?
25 million affected and 5 million died
what % of 1913 rates was industrial production in 1925 and 1926
1925 - 76% and 1926 - 108%
what % of 1913 rates was electricity production in 1924 and 1925
1924 - 80% and 1925 - 150%
how were SRs and Mensheviks repressed, post-NEP
1921 - 5,000 Mensheviks arrested; 1922 - 34 SRs put on trial with 11 condemned to death
how many people were part of the Bolsheviks party, 1921 vs 1923
1921 - 730,000 vs 1923 - 500,000
how many people were in Kolchak’s army and when was he defeated
15,000 soldiers, captured in January 1920 and executed in February
how many people were in Denikin’s army and when was he defeated
150,000 soldiers, defeated in Crimea in November 1920
how many people were in Yudenich’s army and when was he defeated
140,000 soldiers and defeated November 1919
how many soldiers did France, Britain and USA send to Russia
France - 10,000; Britain - 12,000; USA - 17,000
how many people did Japan and Czech Legion send to Russia
Japan - 65,000 and Czech Legion - 55,000
what did Churchill say about communism
‘communism is not a creed. It is a pestilence’
name 2 examples of resistance to Allied involvement in the RCW
1919 - ‘Hands off Russia campaign created by left-wing Brits and Royal Marines refused to fight
1920 - some London dockers refused to load ships going to Russia
what did the Russo-Polish war end with (treaty and what was ceded)
Treaty of Riga (1921), with 30,000+ miles of Russian land ceded to Poland
what did the Russo-Polish war start with (treaty and what was the trigger)
1919 Paris Peace Conference, creation of the Curzon Line (created Poland as an independent state)
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