Soviet Russia

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Lenin—[early days, war communism, NEP] --Political

• 24/5 oct 1917: Bolsheviks seize important points in the city under cover of darkness • ORDER NO. 1 forbade people to obey the Provisional Government unless the Soviet agreed • The workers committees were dominated by Bolshevik support: at the Lessn

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Lenin—[early days, war communism, NEP] --Social

• Between feb-oct 1917 party membership rose form 24,000 to 350,000 • Wartime concessions [inflation and hunger] directed public anger towards prov. Gov • 1918 Decree of Workers control---Max 8hr working day • 1919 ‘liquidation of illiteracy decree’

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Lenin—[early days, war communism, NEP]-- Economic

• War-time concessions [rouble only worth 10% of its 1914 value] • 1918 production a mere 1/3 of that in 1917 • Factory production yields fell from 10,250 in 1913 to 2004 million roubles in 1921. • Grain harvest also fell form 80.1 million tonnes in

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Lenin—[early days, war communism, NEP]-- Militaristic

• Pro-Tsar rebellion led by Kornilov (August 1917). The weak Provisional Government alone could not defeat it – it had to ask the Bolsheviks for help. • the red guards (Trotsky’s recruitment and training of 300,000 soldiers) • The adoption of member

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Stalin--Political

A. Stalin/ kamnev/Zinoviev alliance against Trotsky and theory of permanent rev- TROTSKY RESIGNS 1925 B. Stalin and Bukharin unite against Stalin’s previous allies- zino/kamn i.e the left opposition. Left: 64/right: 559. STALIN AND BUKHARIN TRIUMPHAN

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Stalin-- Social

Social • 1932 ‘Ryutin platform’ that set about to confront the growing discipline in the party • 800,000+ expelled from the party in 1933 and further 340,000 in 1934 • By the end of 1933; 2 million in gulags and prisons • OF THE 12 POLITIBURO MEMBERS

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Stalin--Economic

• END OF NEP---Grain prices fell by 25% in some areas=no incentive for peasants to farm grain shift from arable to agricultural investments on a local level= meat sale rose by 50% in 1927 • By 1936 90% of all peasant households had been collectivise

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