InNo-Russia+in+War+and+Revolution+marcol2013+October+26,+2010

Awesome Stuff

This picture is showing the millions of people lining up to see Lenin's dead body.

This is a picture of Lenin's dead body where it is held.

The link to the photos: http://www.aha.ru/~mausoleu/m-hist_e.htm

Notes

Chapter 11-'Peace at any Price'

The first decrees of Sovnarkom -Sovnarkom+Lenin issued decrees -great changes to Russia and the ppl

8 Nov. 1917 - decree on land -took 540 acres from Tsar, nobles, church, landlords -given to peasants, they divided it up

8 Nov. - decree on peace -Sovnarkom wanted peace with enemies

12- decree on work -8 hr day+48 hr week to industrial workers -made rules on overtime+holidays

14 Nov. - decree on unemployment -insurance given to workers with injury/illness/unemployment

1 Dec. - decree on the press -banned non-bolshevik newspaper

11 Dec. -banned liberal party, Constitutional Democratic Party and arrested leaders

20 Dec. -'All-Russian Extraordinary Commision' set up to fight Counter-Revolution/Cheka

27 Dec. - decree on worker's control -elected committees controlled factories

27 Dec. - decree on banking -Sovnarkom control all Russian banks

31 Dec. - a decree on marriage -non-religious weddings allowed, easier divorce

The Constituent Assembly

-Constituent Assembly were first to have free elections -Bolsheviks beaten by Socialist Revolutionaries -Sovnarrkom stopped the meeting -Machine gunners killed over 100 ppl who supported the Assembly -elected Deputies closed Assembly permanently

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk -to Lenin, end war with Germany+Austria=power -Brest-Litovsk, a town, held peace conference of Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary -Russia's Commissar, Leon Trotsky -Germany+Russia both socialist government so they thought it would help create democratic peace with each other -German troops got close to Russia, Lenin wanted peace at any price -Russia lost 26% of population for the peace -gave the richest parts to Germany -payed 300 million gold to Germany -at the end, civil war was created

Chapter 12-Civil War and Foreign Intervention

The Czech Legion -45,000 Czech prisoners of war sent from Russia on trains to Vladivostok -others sent by sea on ships -Czech fought with a Soviet of a town and won the battle taking control of the town -the Czech tookt he most important areas after more trainloads were sent to join the fight -enemies of the Bolsheviks joined the Czech and they said that they were the rulers of Russia, most important group was called the Komuch -organized army going to capture 650 million gold roubles as an attack on the gold reserve at Kazan -Bolsheviks took desperate measures to protect themselves, men sent to join the Red Army -22,000 officers, 330,000 men of red army

Red and Whites -reds were the bolsheviks, was tsar's original color -whites were the opposing group against the bolsheviks -Reds faced foreign intervention due to dropping allies -Bolsheviks killed Tsar Nicholas II in fear of him taken hostage and ruling the Czech/Whites -Fanya Kaplan was an assasin who shot Lenin in the neck, but he survived it -Sovnarkom ordered the Red Terror

Red Terror -Felix Dzerzhinksy, led Cheka and tortured prisoners to confess -kill everyone in White army -voluntary desert post, incites retreat, etc. all killed -Trotsky was a tyrant and military leader -foreign intervention ended in 1919

Chapter 13-'One Step Backwards' War Communism and the Nep

War Communism -government controls factories -controls workers -no more private trading -abolished rents -rationed food in cities -successful for army but not for communism -7 million killed by starvation

The New Economic Policy -sell surplus foods -use money again -increase food production less taxes -more than 20 workers factories went to owners -1 step forward=2 steps toward communism

The 1923 Constitution -Russia was now the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -Russia, Byelorussia, Ukraine, Caucasus was this -each government was separate -Sovnarkam was national government with armed forces and secret police

Lenin's death -died to series of strokes in 1924 -body placed at Red Square millions went to see his body -USSR became a great power of the time

Summary

In this section, we see how Lenin gains control of Russia and fights for peace. He gave up a lot of land for the price and it didn't even pay well. He had to deal with civil wars next, but soon, with great force and strict rules, he gained power once again. At the end, Russia becomes the USSR which is now a great power.

Questions

What is the aim of the Bolsheviks? What were the civil wars during the Russian Revolution? What is the New-Economic Policy? What is the 1923 Constitution Why did Lenon die, what was the cause?