Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk began with
Lenin's Decree on Peace
CHEKA formed in
Unfolded in
Second half of 1918
Civil War start and finish
1918-1921
28 June, 1918
Date of Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
March 3 1918
Leader of the CHEKA
Felix Dzerzhinsky
Size of CHEKA under red terror
increased exponentially
Catalyst for the Civil War
Uprising by the Czech Legion in 1918
six
Amount of Russian iron and coal reserves lost under the Treaty
three-quarters
The CHEKA was formed to
Investigate and deal with threats to the new regime
Defend the Soviet regime by attacking its enemies from within
Bolshevik figures of executions by the CHEKA in first year of terror
8,500
Russian Civil War was fought to decide
who should control Russia in the wake of the October 1917 revolution
November 29, 1920
Any factory/industry that employed over 10 workers nationalised
62 million people
CHEKA clash with the Commissariat of Justice
1918; demanded to be notified before the arrest of suspects
tens time the number of people executed in the first year were...
arrested, interrogated, detained, tried or sent to prisons and labour camps
Political movement that emerged behind the White Armies
a loose coalition of anti-Bolsheviks comprised of Monarchists, liberals, non-Bolhsevik socialists and disgruntled peasants
War Communism
mass centralisation and nationalisation of the Russian economy
Poland, Finland, the Baltic States and most of the Ukraine
How did the CHEKA become unrestricted from rules of law or any legal obligations to due process or the rights of suspects
Lenin altered Soviet regulations so that the CHEKA was required to notify the Commissariat of an arrest or execution after it happened
who was targeted
any individual or group deemed to be a threat to Bolshevik rule or policies (including tsarists, liberals, non-Bolshevik socialists, members of the clergy and kulaks)
Who attacked the Bolsheviks and from where
within; terrorists like Fanya Kaplan
North; General Miller
East; General Kolchak
South; General Denikin (replacing Kornilov)
North-West; General Yudenich
countryside; Green Armies
without; foreign forces (
Under war communism the people were divided into four categories (as per the fifth principle)
manual workers in harmful trades, workers who performed hard physical labour, workers in light tasks/housewives and professional people