Chapter 5 - The consolidation of the Bolshevik Dictatorship

Reparations from Brest-Livostk

3 billion roubles

What proportion of Iron and coal production did Russia loose in the Treaty of B-L ?

74%

Russia lost __ of its landmass in the Treaty of B-L, which formed __ of arable land

• 1/6

• 1/3

What proportion of her railways did Russia loose in the Treaty of B-L?

26%

Which 3 key bolsheviks voted against the treaty of B-L?

• Kamenev

• Bukharin

• Dzerzhinsky

How many timed did Lenin threaten to resign over the Treaty of B-L?

twice

When was the constituency surrounded by red guards and members barred from entering?

5th Jan

How many were killed protesting the closure of the Constituent Assembly?

12

In Dec 1918, the Cheka had ___ Employees, whereas this had grown to ________ by 1921.

• 200

• 143,000

How many people were killed in labour camps in 1918?

50,000

When was the move to the more modern gregorian calendar?

Feb 1918

When was the new Russian constitution created?

July 1918

How was the worker’s vote weighted against peasants’ vote under the 1918 constitution?

5:1

Socialisation of Land, achieved on the ___ ___ helped remove appeal from peasants for the __s.

• 26th Oct

• SR

The party rebrand of ____ ____, was a seismic shift, following ToBL, the state was officially a single-party system, and all other groups were seen as enemies.

March 1918

The railways went on strike on the __ ___ 1917, leading to the decree for the nationalisation of rail in __ ____

• 29th Oct

• June 1918

All other political parties banned

1921

decree on the press

• Oct 1917

• banned opposition newspapers

The sovnarkom become officially one party after __ commissars resigned in protest of the ____

• SR

• ToBL

Est 1917 by the sovnarkom to manage nationalised industries

veshenka