Bolshevik ideology
What is the definition of 'proletariat'?
The working class, people that sell their labour for a living, do not own the means of production
What is the meaning of 'kulak'?
wealthy landed peasants, or anyone perceived to part of the bourgeoisie class
When was the Bolshevik revolution?
October 1917
True or false: Soviet foreign policy between 1917 and 1941 can be considered contradictory
True
True or false: I want to study history at university
False
Give an overview of Bolshevik ideology
Bring about a proletariat revolution, make Russia communist, end repression, emerged from the political struggle led by Lenin
the chief political and executive committee of the Communist party
What role did Stalin have in the Council of People's Commissars?
Commissar of Foreign Affairs, Internal Affairs or Nationalities?
Commissar of Nationalities
Lenin was adamant the war had to come to an end, he believed the survival of the Bolsheviks was the only real issue during the early years
What subject in I Block did I try to swap in to from Physics, but it was too late in Year 11 to move?
Society and Culture
List key figures that influenced Bolshevik ideology
Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin
What is the meaning of 'serf'?
Member of the working class, in servitude to the land
What were three weaknesses of the Bolshevik regime at the end of 1917?
100 points for each correct weakness
The economy was a disaster, food shortage, anarchy in the countryside, state bank refused to cooperate ( took 10 days to open the bank vaults), lack of government bureaucracy (civil servants went on strike), lack of coercive power, war with Germany, party performed badly in the Constituent Assembly elections
List three countries that the Soviet Union signed friendship treaties with in 1920 and 1921.
100 points for each correct country
1920: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
1921: Turkey, Persia, Afghanistan
Do I usually go to Modern History tutoring on Thursday mornings before school?
No
Outline how Bolsheviks sacrificed ideology for power
Bolshevik regime was non-democratic, the New Economic Policy, capitalism needed to be reached first before progression to socialism, needed capital to modernise and industrialise to achieve the abundance necessary for capitalism
What is the meaning of 'commissar'?
government minister, Communist party official assigned to a military unit to teach party principles and policies and to ensure party loyalty
Outline the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Negotiation between the Soviet government and central powers, Russia lost Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, the Ukraine, required to pay a war indemnity of 6 million marks, lost population, agricultural land and coal mines, gave freedom from international conflict, allowing the government to consolidate
What was the single most important foreign policy aim for Stalin in the 1930s?
Avoidance of war (the Soviet Union was dealing with collectivisation and industrialisation and feared joint Polish-German military action in the Ukraine)
What other HSIE subject would I like to study?
Economics
Outline the role of ideology in Soviet foreign policy
Comintern is established to promote international outbreak of revolution, welcomed fascist regimes as they are perceived as the final stage before workers' revolution, Soviet Union joins the League of Nations to form a united front against Germany and Nazism
What is the meaning of 'comintern'?
An international organisation of communist parties founded by Lenin in 1919, launched to promote worldwide extension of the 1917 workers' and peasants' revolution in Russia
List five features of the New Economic Plan
100 points for each correct feature
Partial return of capitalism, operation of the free market, a degree of private ownership, introduced as Russia was experiencing a famine, end of grain requisitioning, small businesses allowed to operate, allowed to hire labour, state retained ownership and control of large industry, banks and transport
Why did ideology cease to have any relevance to Soviet foreign policy from 1938-39?
Stalin's goal is to keep Russia out of war, Russia must come to terms with Germany to protect national defence and security, the third Five Year Plan focused on building up the military, the key is national interest, preserving the regime
What is my favourite section of the HSC modern history exam?
Section IV - Change in the modern world (Apartheid in South Africa 1960-1994)