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Lenin's actions
1917
october
decree of peace
removal of russia from WW!
november
decree of land
peasants could seize land from church and nobility
bukharin declares elections to be abandoned during the civil war
december
lenin forms the Cheka
executed 200,000 people
1918
january
lenin allowed democratic elections
constituent assembly
bolsheviks only won 175 seats whilst social revolutionaries won 410
Russian constitution of 1918
march
signed treaty to end the war with Germany
april
decree on workers control
allowed workers to elect committees to run factories
1922-24
feb 1922
replaced Cheka with OGPU
wipe out anyone within the party that opposed lenin
purged 1/3 of the party
oct 1922
all political parties banned other than the bolsheviks
government solely run by the sovnarkom
centralisation
jan 1924
bolshevik membership increased from 300,000 in 1917 to 1,000,000 in 1924
new economic policy and war communism
success
gave peasants incentives to produce more crops
food production increased
between 1921 and 1924 grain production increased 14 million tonnes a year
resolved problems concerning infrastructure
water and electricity more reliable
developed a vibrant culture within russia
political stability
less uprisings and strikes
failure
agricultural production increased too far
peasants could not sell products and so were still living in poverty
did not increase industrial production
tightening of political authority
bolshevik control of trade unions
bolshevik censorship
caused divisions within the party
war communism
grain requisitioning
Cheka seized all surplus of grain from peasants
banning of private trade
nationalisation
state took control of factories
labour discipline
rationing
red terror
secret police, executed opponents
Lenin's control of the people
religion
before lenin came to power, the people of russia were deeply religious
mass media
nationalised petrograd telograph agency
control over electronic communications
control of newspapers and adverts
1918 lenin banned all non socialist newspapers
by 1921 2000 newspapers had been shut down
censorship
press censorship was increasing
list of banned books and purge of libraries
terror
secret police
1920/21
1920
tambov uprising against bolsheviks
showed unpopularity of government
1921
january
nomenklatura system
all pary members placed on list in order of loyalty and obedience
february
lenin authorised Cheka to destroy political opponents
march
mutiny by troops at kronsdadt
demonstrates unpopularity of bolshevik party
"on party unity"
all members of the party had to support the views of the party leaders
April
arrest of 5000 Mensheviks
foreign policy
Comintern (communist international)
failures of revolution in Europe convinced lenin that all foreign communist parties needed to follow the bolshevik model
21 conditions drawn up
sino-soviet relation
lenin originally supported the Chinese communist party
by 1925 the Chinese communist party lost influence in china
stalin continued support as he saw china as an ally