1917
October revolution
decrees on land peace and workers (also 1918)
consituent assembly elections
December - Cheka set up
1918
treaty of brest-litovsk
civil war
1921
end of civil war
tambov peasants and kronstadt sailors rebel
ban on factions
stalin becomes general secretary
1924
death of lenin
power struggle
1928
stalin is the undisputed leader
1932
Ryutin affair
1934
congress of victors
murder of kirov
great terror
1936
trial of 16
1937
trial of 17
purge of the red army
1938
trial of 21
how did the civil war help the bolsheviks?
the cheka (1917)
red army under trotsky grew in power
politburo became more important than sovnarkon
nomenklatura more important than soviets
how did lenin establish control
lenin = chairman of sovnarkom
lenin passed decrees (land, peace, workers)
civil war (cheka, red army, sovnarkom/politburo, nomenklatura/sovoets)
crisis of 1912
crisis of 1921
tambov peasants crashed by red army
krondstadt mutiny crushed by red army
ban on factions
stalin’s key opponents
kamanev
zinoviev
trotsky
bukharin
1925
stalin allied with bukharin to form the duumvirate to gain majority of politburo
triumvirate
group of zinoviev, kamanev and stalin to keep trotsky out of power
Lenin enrolment
1924 - 128,000 new members of the party, loyal to stalin
how did stalin become leader
lenin’s testament kept a secret
triumvirate
duumvirate
ban on factions
lenin enrolment
how did stalin control the ussr?
the great terror (1934-38)
show trials, purges, secret trials of army leaders loyal to trotsky