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OCT 1917 to MAR 1918 (4. State Capitalism (Overseen by Vesenkha,…
OCT 1917 to MAR 1918
2. Formation of Cheka
Response to civil chaos
Political police force
'The revolution is in danger' -- Dzerzhinsky
'We have no need for justice now' -- Dzerzhinsky
3. Sovnarkom Decrees
Decree on Land
Decree on Peace
Decree on Workers' Control
Decree on Women's Rights
4. State Capitalism
Overseen by Vesenkha
Compromise devised by Lenin 1918
Mix of free market and state control
Advice from 'bourgeoise speacialists'
'Nationalists from below'
5. Dissolution of Assembly
SR majority in Constituent Assembly
Bolshevik supported by workers and soldiers
Bolshevik-Left SR coalition
Bolsheviks shut down Assembly
6. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
'The Socialist Fatherland is in Danger' -- decree
Bolsheviks disagree over peace terms with Germany
Trotsky delays in hope of German revolution
Treaty signed in March 1918
7. Impacts of Treaty
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk favours Germany
Russia loses a third of its empire
Russia pays three billion roubles in reparations
Russia loses nearly all of its iron and coal
1. Post-Revolution Chaos
Civil servants' strike
In-fighting between Bolsheviks
Alcohol-fuelled riots ('drink pogroms')
Civil disorder