Events
This actions of this group saw early opposition to the Bolsheviks escalate into a true Civil War.
Who are the Czech Legion.
The nickname given to Felix Dzerzhinsky.
What is "Iron Felix".
The new 'petty bourgeoisie' created by the implementation of the New Economic Program in 1921.
Who are the NEPmen.
The first decree of the new regime, issued eighteen hours after the Bolshevik seizure of power.
What is the Decree on Land/Decree on Peace/Decree on Establishment of the Workers' and Peasants' Government.
The organisation which issued a 15 point list of demands to Sovnarkom, entitled What We are Fighting For, in 1921.
Who are the Kronstadt sailors.
The name given to Lenin's order, issued on August 18th, 1918, demanding a "war on kulaks."
What is the Hanging Order.
The individual who sat on the Council of Labour and Defence, the Central Committee, and the Politburo (Political Bureau of the Communist Party).
Who is Lenin.
The social class who suffered briefly during the Scissors Crisis of 1923.
Who are the peasants.
The month of 1918 in which the Decree on Establishment of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was issued.
What is January.
The official name of the Railwayman's Union, dominated by Mensheviks and SRs.
What is Vikzhel.
The month in 1918 on which the Constituent Assembly was dissolved.
What is January (19th).
Alexandra Kollontai's first position in Sovnarkom.
Commissar of Social Welfare.
The Kombedy or Committees of the Poor, were short-lived organisations designed to oversee the implementation of government policy among this social class.
Who are the peasants.
Prodrazvyorstka is the formal name given to what action, initiated by decree in January 1919.
What is requisitioning.
The common name given to the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine; anarchists fighting against both Red and White control.
What is the Black Army.
Fanya Kaplan, who attempted to assassinate Lenin on August 30th, 1918, was a member of this party.
Who are the Socialist Revolutionaries / SRs.
The month of 1918 in which Lenin proposed a gradual transition to socialism, referred to as State Capitalism.
What is April.
The faction of the Communist Party which advocated greater worker autonomy and participation in economic decision making was accused of this political philosophy, subsequently banned at the 10th Party Congress in 1921..
What is Anarcho-Syndicalism.
The month of 1918 in which the Decree on Red Terror was issued.
What is September.
The Russian name for the Committee of Members of the Constituent Assembly, the SR opposition government later reconstituted as the Provisional All-Russian Government.
What is the Komuch.
The month in 1918 in which the Treaty of Brest Litovsk was signed.
What is March (3rd).
The official name of the Communist/Bolshevik Women's Division, headed by Alexandra Kollontai.
What is Zhenotdel.
The Russian name for Sovnarkom's Supreme Economic Council, which coordinated workers' committees and approved applications for worker's control.
What is Vesenkha.
The month of 1921 in which the Decree on the Replacement of Surplus Appropriation System by the Food Tax (a key component of the NEP) was issued.
What is March.
The region which formed the centre of the 1920-22 peasant uprisings, sometimes referred to as Antonov's Mutiny.
What is Tambov.