Russian Civil

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Sum up why the Whites lost
no money, no support, no policies, no strategy, no men
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Sum up why the reds won
Heartlands, Propaganda, Leadership, Trains, Tactics, Brutality
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where, when and by who was the Tsar murdered
July 1918 in Ekaterinburg by the Cheka
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how many party members fought for the Red Army
1/2 a million
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how did Trotsky keep the army fed
grain requisitioning as part of war communism
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what did trotsky do
propaganda and military strategy
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what mentality did the bolsheviks develop during this period
siege mentality
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how did geography benefit the bolsheviks
control of trains meant acces to the front, densely populated areas for conscription
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how did the reds win support
propaganda against the whites, promising land policies
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what was the whites slogan
'Russia, one and indivisible'
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when was the politburo founded
1919
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what policy was Lenin pretending to follow in Government
'Democratic Centralism'
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what happened to the size of the party during the civil war
it grew exponentially
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why was the capital moved from Petrograd to Moscow
further away from Western border, less threat of attack, symbolic isolation from rest of world
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why was there foreign intervention
WW1, Ideology, Loans
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why did national minorities support the whites
didn't believe in Lenin's promise of self-determination, loss of Ukraine may cause food shortages
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who did the bolshevik ideology alienate
bourgeouisie, aristocrats and mensheviks
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Chief officers in the white army
Yudenich, Denikin, Kolchak
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how big was red army
3 million men
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what did trotsky use to train new recruits
50,000 ex Tsarist officers
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what sparked the civil war
Czech legion attack on Bolsheviks in Siberia May 1918
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sum up the second stage
more nationalised struggle against Polish armies
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what was the Treaty of Riga and when was it signed
treaty that gave Poland self-rule, March 1921
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how many people died in the civil war
10 million
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how many party members fought for the Red Army

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