Tsarist Russia - Bolshevik Government
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Three Causes of the Civil War
- Challenge to the Bolsheviks: social revolutionaries, Mensheviks, tsarists, former army officers and landlords who had lost their land
- Czech Legion- Some Czech prisoners of the war who were being taken across Russia mutinied, took control of the Trans-Siberian Railway and attacked Moscow
- World opposite to world revolution- Comitern led by Zinoviev said it would cause communist revolutions all over the world , angering foreign countries.
Six reasons Bolsheviks won the war (Why The Bolsheviks Won The War)
Trotsky- was a brilliant war leader so the Reds had good tac tics
Belief- Many Russians were communists who believed they were fighting for a better world or out of hate for foreign countries making them fervent and enthusiastic
War communism- This gave Bolshevik armies the supplies thy needed
Terror- The Cheka murdered any whites they found and kept Red Army Generals loyal by taking their families hostage.
Wherewithal- They had control of many cities and railways .
What were the events of the civil war? (6)
- Lasted 3 years
- White armies led by Generals Yudenich and Deniken attacked Russia from the west, Admiral Kolchak from the East
- The tsar and his family were put to death
- The red army defeated Kolchak after this the foreign armies went home
- Civil war caused famine and disease
- Last white army in Crimea was defeated
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What was the New Economic Policy? (NEP)
- Nationalism- Lenin allowed freedom to national and Muslim cultures
- Experts- Coal, iron steel and railways stayed nationalised but the Bolsheviks brought in professionals on high wages to increase production.
- Private enterprise- Small factories handed back to their owners, people were allowed to set up small private businesses
- Lenin let peasants sell their surplus and pay a tax instead making some hard-working peasants rich (Kulaks)
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