Tsarist Russia - Bolshevik Government

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Three Causes of the Civil War

  1. Challenge to the Bolsheviks: social revolutionaries, Mensheviks, tsarists, former army officers and landlords who had lost their land
  2. 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
  3. 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)

Whites- weren't united so Trotsky could fight them one by one
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)

  1. Lasted 3 years
  2. White armies led by Generals Yudenich and Deniken attacked Russia from the west, Admiral Kolchak from the East
  3. The tsar and his family were put to death
  4. The red army defeated Kolchak after this the foreign armies went home
  5. Civil war caused famine and disease
  6. Last white army in Crimea was defeated
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What was the New Economic Policy? (NEP)

  1. Nationalism- Lenin allowed freedom to national and Muslim cultures
  2. Experts- Coal, iron steel and railways stayed nationalised but the Bolsheviks brought in professionals on high wages to increase production.
  3. Private enterprise- Small factories handed back to their owners, people were allowed to set up small private businesses
  4. Lenin let peasants sell their surplus and pay a tax instead making some hard-working peasants rich (Kulaks)

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