Key People
This Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (Sovnarkom) was Russia's de facto leader.
Lenin
Which decree legitimised peasant land seizures in October 1917?
Decree on Land
Which term describes the taking of grain during War Communism?
Requisitioning
What colour was used to refer to the groups of armed peasants who fought to defend their land during the Civil War?
Greens
Where did a peasant uprising take place in 1920?
Tambov
Who was the Bolshevik Commissar for War?
Trotsky
What was the name of the Bolshevik secret police force?
Cheka
In which year did the Great Famine occur.
1921
The 'migration' of which group along the Trans-Siberian railway helped to trigger the Civil War?
Czech Legion
The rebellion of this group was described by Lenin as the 'flash that lit up reality'.
Kronstadt Sailors
Which White general got close to Moscow by October 1919 before being turned back by Trotsky?
Denikin
Which Treaty formally ended the war with Germany?
Brest-Litovsk
What was the name of the economic system which followed the Revolution but preceded War Communism?
State Capitalism
What was the name of the inner ruling group of the Communist Party?
Politburo
Who was the head of the Bolshevik secret police force?
Dzerzhinsky
Titles and class distinctions were abolished in November 1917. What universal title was used as a form of greeting instead?
Comrade/Tovarisch
By 1920, what % of Petrograd's population had fled to the countryside?
75%
How much money did Britain send to help the Whites?
£100 million
Elections for which body took place in November 1918?
Constituent Assembly
This female Bolshevik opposed War Communism.
Alexandra Kollontai
When did Red Terror formally begin?
31st August 1918
Which body was established in 1917 to manage the economy?
Vesenkha
In which month and year were the Romanovs killed in Ekaterinburg?
July 1918
Which political party did the Bolsheviks form an alliance with in 1917?
Left SRs