Consolidation of the Bolshevik Party and Civil War

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Which organisation did Lenin initially create so that he did not need to listen to Mensheviks?
Sovnarkom
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How did the Bolshevik party solve the land issue?
Land Decree 1917
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In the 1917 November elections, how many seats did the Bolsheviks win?
175/410
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Official records say that deaths by the Cheka between 1918 and 1920 were...?
13,000 but realistically 30,000
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Children made up what proportion of prisons during the Cheka?
5%
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What did Lenin say about the Kronstadt soldiers?
flash that lit up reality more than anything else
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By how much were bread rations cut in Moscow and Petrograd in 1921?
1/3
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What were the food rations in Petrograd in March 1918?
50g of bread a day
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Population of Petrograd and Moscow between 1918 and 1921...
halved
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By June 1918, the workforce in Petrograd had shrank by how much?
60%
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the June 1918 Decree on Nationalisation desired to...?
Bring major industries under central government control within 2 years
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How did harvests in 1920/21 compare to 1913 levels?
48%
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What did Pravda admit during the civil war period?
1 in 5 were starving
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Output fell by how much in 1920/21?
20% of pre-war levels
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How many starved to death during the civil war period?
5m
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Electricity production decrease by how much between 1913 and 1921?
4 times
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How effective was conscription in the civil war?
Caused troops to increase from 3m to 5m between 1919 and 1920
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What were the desertion rates in Red Army?
1m in 1918 but 4m in 1921
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Did Whites rely on foreign aid?
Yes - Churchill sent over £100 of supplies
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Kolchak executed...?
100s of SRs and 10 members of the Constituent Assembley
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Czech legion was formed by how many troops?
40,000
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USA provided how many Russians with food?
10m
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Official records say that deaths by the Cheka between 1918 and 1920 were...?

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