The police state + military

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Purge

  • Purge of the civil service

  • Removed officials that would not co-operate with the Bolsheviks

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Press decree

Banned the opposition press (SRs, Mensheviks)

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Judicial Decree

Established a new legal system of elected people’s courts

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Decree to establish the ‘All-Russian Commission for the Suppression of Counter-Revolution, Sabotage and Speculation’

Rebranded the secret police force into the Cheka, to root out opposition

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Taking out opposition

Leading Kadets, right-wing SRs and Mensheviks imprisoned

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Propaganda

Propaganda campaign against political and ‘class enemies’ - particularly the bourgeoisie

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Decree on Peace

  • Promised an end to war without annexation and indemnities

  • Armistice followed in November

  • Official demobilisation process in December

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Military decree

  • Removed class ranks, saluting and military decorations from the army

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1918 peace

  • No war would be finalised with Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in March 1918

  • But ‘democratic’ reforms regarding Military decree would be reversed, ranks reintroduced along with discipline