Bolshevik Considation
How long did the Romanov Dynasty last?
304 Years
What was the date when Lenin died?
21 January 1924
Did Lenin Support Stalin going for the leadership?
No, Lenin was particularly critically of Stalin
What were the years for the 3 - 5 year plans:
1928 - 1932
1933 - 1937
1938 - 1941
Define: Agrian
The Cultivation of land
Who lead the Provisional Government and Petrograd Soviet?
Vladimir Lenin
In what year did Trotsky get exiled from Russia?
1927
Define the term: Socialism in One Country
Stalin’s aim to build the industrial base and military might of the Soviet Union before exporting revolution abroad.
What event stopped the final 5 year plan?
German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941
Define Collectivisation:
The process by which, in the people 1929 - 37, the Russian peasants were organised into collective farms under state supervision
Between what years did the Russian Civil War begin?
1918 to 1920
What does the term eliminating ‘radishes’?
Purging members who were red on the outside but really white on the inside.
Define Totalitarianism:
System of government that is centralised and doctoral and requires complete subservience to the state
Define the Stakhanovite Movement:
Movement that celebrated a workers willingness to produce ore than the required work norm
What was Stalin’s plan in social spheres:
Create a bigger divide between the poor peasants and Kulaks, would lead to them being disbanded
What was the CHEKA & its role within the Soviet Union?
CHEKA - Communist Secret Police. Control Disunity, rise against economic crime and suppress opposing claims to Soviet Power
What was Nikolai Bukharin background with the party.
Marxist theoretician and economist, was an ally of Stalin but Stalin turned against him and executed.
What steps did Stalin do to use the cult of Lenin to his advantage?
Ball Bearer at the funeral
Used Lenin to Criticise Trotsky
Discredited Trotsky by convincing him to not go to the funeral ‘arrogance’
What was the key focus of the First Five Year Plan:
Building up Armaments
Large Scale government projects
Building industry to new levels
What was the short term benefit of Collectivisation?
In the short term there was extra grain coming into cities.
Explain the significance of the Treaty of Brest -Litovsk.
Russia to loose Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and Bessarabia. Honour economic debts to Central Powers. Lost 62 million people, 32% arable Land, 25% industry & 90% of its coal mines
What were Trotsky’s view of Russia during the 1920s?
Russia was to backwards, economically and cultural. It lack good working habits, excessive drinking, the people were too backwards to pull themselves out of their issues so the state would have to.
6 reasons for the emergence of Stalin:
Hard worker and supported by Stalin
Skills in Politics & Admin
Maintain majority & out manoeuvre people
Ruthless against opponents
He was underestimated
Manipulated events
What were some of the key features of the Third Five Year plan?
Continue to build armaments
Emphasis on Heavy Industry
Terror and Purges of people
How did the peasants reject collectivisation?
Had massive banquets of food
Reduce the amount of crops sown
Slaughtered animals before they could be turned over
Killed/injured officials and volunteers.