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The Red Terror
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Opposition Newspapers Banned
The Bolsheviks made newspapers with conflicting ideals illegal. -
Russian National Elections
12 - 26 November 1917. Voting Percentages:
SR: 68%
Bolshevik: 25%
Mensheviks and the Kadets: 7% -
Cheka Created
The Cheka replaced was created by the Bolshevik government to serve as its secret police force. -
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Establishing a Single Party State
Removal of the opposition parties, in order:
The Kadets
The Mensheviks
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Lenin Presents the Declaration of Rights of the Working Class to Congress
The vote failed, resulting in Lenin wishing to finally overthrow the congress. -
Purging the Congress
Lenin used the Red Guard shock troops to break into Congress and arrest all opposition.
A crowd of 50,000 people protesting the upheaval were fired upon. -
Declaration of Rights of the Working Class is passed
Passed by the Third Soviet Congress, which only consisted of Bolsheviks.
Private property was outlawed, industry was nationalized, and all personal assets were seized by the state. -
Loot the Looters Decree
Meant to destroy the middle and upper classes, or burzhooi, by legalizing acts of violence against them. -
Mob Trials
People's Courts were created to try persons accused of being burzhooi. -
Hyperinflation
Inflation was around 375%.
Unemployment was over 33%.
60% of factories were shut down.
The Russian Railway was working at 1/10th of its 1914 capacity. This began in 1916 with the collapse of the Russian National Budget due to WWI. -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Bolsheviks traded Finland, Poland, White Russia, the Ukraine, Estonia, and Lithuania for peace.
This was meant to allow the Bolsheviks to consolidate their power. -
Grain Monopoly Decree of 1918
Made the Red Army go to the countryside in order to stamp out hoarding among the peasant class. -
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The War Communism Period
The period during which workers fled to the countryside to get food, which was scarce due to famine. The Bolsheviks used this opportunity to gain control, blaming the peasantry for the famine since they were hoarding their food rather than sharing it with the government. This had a negative effect on the economy. -
Murder of the Romanovs
The family was killed by a Cheka death squad. -
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The Russian Civil War
The Bolsheviks fought against their opposition, nicknamed the 'Whites.' -
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The Great Volga Famine
4 to 5 million peasants were killed. -
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Kronstadt Naval Base Resistance
More than half of the soldiers at the Kronstadt base were in open resistance against the Bolshevik government. -
Red Army Marches Against the Kronstadt
The Red Army began to assault the resistance. -
Prisoners From the Kronstadt Killed
500 members of the resistance were killed without trial. -
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New Economic Policy (NEP)
A policy that allowed small businesses with fewer than 20 workers to exist.
Also allowed surplus manufacturing and agricultural goods to be sold. -
The USSR is Proclaimed
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Vladimir Lenin Dies
Stalin is left in pursuit of control.
