RUSSIA CONSEQUENCES QUOTES

finishing off the bourgeoisie

there is nothing immoral in the proletariat finishing off a class that is collapsing - trotsky

denunciations of bourgeoisie parliamentarianism

completely incompatible with the construction of socialism - lenin

reaction to CA’s dissolution in russia, historian

in russia, it passed almost unnoticed - victor serge

theory and sharpshooters

lenin’s theoretical considerations went hand in hand with sharpshooters - trotsky

proletarian slogan, civil war

the proletarian slogan must be: civil war! - lenin

whites not fighting for any type of government

I shall not fight for any particular form of government - general denikin

winston churchill on bolshevism - foreign intervention

strangle bolshevism at birth - winston churchill

treaty of riga + international revolution, historian

after the treaty of riga…the soviet leaders abandoned the cause of international revolution - historian a.j.p. taylor

coming to terms with the poles

I thought it wiser to come to terms with the enemy - lenin

the danger of the green armies

far more dangerous than all the denikins, yudeniches and kolchaks put together - lenin

trotsky + leading the red army

trotsky contrived to endow his new-born army with an iron backbone - larissa reissner

geographical challenges for the whites, historian

the whites were too scattered geographically to be able to put sufficient pressure on the bolsheviks - michael lynch 

the whites + propaganda, historian

they looked upon [propaganda] with suspicion and contempt - christopher lazarski

what the terror was designed for, historian

a measure designed to nip in the bud any thoughts of resistance to the dictatorship - historian richard pipes

priests of the terror, historian

the leaders of the revolution had become priests of terror - dmitri volkogonov

exterminating the bourgeoisie

the sooner we get rid of the bourgeoisie, the sooner we will reach socialism - dzerzhinsky

reasons for the execution of the tsar

[lenin] believed that we should not leave the whites a live banner to rally around - sverdlov

lenin’s disregard for people - hanging order, historian

utter disregard for human life - richard pipes

the necessity of the red terror, historian

the bolsheviks had to come up with an effective response or they too would join their predecessors in the dustbin of history - lars lih

failure of war communism, historian

its failure was self evident - bernard pares

what war communism was a product of, historian

a product of the growing divide in economic relations between the countryside and towns - figes

trotsky on what the kronstadt sailors used to be

the reddest of the red - trotsky

kronstadt sailor about working conditions in the city

one might have thought that these were not factories but the forced labour prisons of tsarist times - a kronstadt sailor

trotsky on the intended response to the kronstadt uprising

you will be shot like partridges - trotsky

what the kronstadt revolt was symbolic of, historian

a symbolic parting of the ways between the working class and the bolshevik party - sheila fitzpatrick

no need for rev. justice

we have no need for justice now - dzerzhinsky

what the cheka was capable of, historian

capable of terrifying and terrorizing the population - alter litvin

aims of the new decrees, historian

they were designed to inspire, to excite and to instigate - robert service

lenin’s justifications for the NEP

what is needed now is an economic breathing spell - lenin

how NEP was like brest litovsk, historian

a brest-litovsk on the economic front - christopher hill

opposition platforms on who the building of communism belongs to

the building of communism belongs to the workers - kollontai

cheka vs. okhrana, historian

the cheka continued a long tsarist political police tradition - george leggett

lenin on illiterate people and politics

the illiterate person stands outside of politics. First it is necessary to teach him his ABCs. without it, there are only rumours, fairytales, and prejudices, but not politics - lenin

reformed women roles in society + increased burden, historian

the socially more radical possibility that men might take on traditionally feminine roles at home (as women were expected to take on men’s at work) was never explored - linda edmondson

what kollontai was a believer of, historian

believer in love - sheila fitzpatrick

lenin about electrification, historian

lenin himself was electrified - lars lih

lenin, revolutions and firing squads

how can you make a revolution without firing squads?

lenin, death to the kulaks

ruthless war on the kulaks. death to the kulaks

lenin, revolutions waiting for a formal majority

no revolution ever waits for a formal majority

peasant grievances about prodrasverstka

the land belongs to us but the bread belongs to you - a peasant