06 THE BIRTH OF THE SOVIET UNION
THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR AND FOREIGN INTERVENTION
emergence of counterrevolutionary armed groups
came to control large outlying and rural regions of Russia.
communist society without social classes
civil war
1918–1923
2 groups
White Army
Red Army
counterrevolutionaries
had the backing of foreign powers
British, Americans, French and Japanes
revolutionary government
Sovnarkom
government of the early Soviet revolutionary republic formed by Lenin
THE SOVIET STATE
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Soviet Union
formed in 1922
USSR
War Communism
economic policy applied by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War
click to edit
expropriation of private business
nationalisation of industry
forced requisition of surplus grain and other food products from the peasants by the state
one-party dictatorship
Congress of Soviets was controlled by the Bolsheviks
Secret Police
Cheka
persecuted dissidents, critics and counterrevolutionaries
New Economic Policy
NEP
capitalism and socialism
1921 to 1928.
remarkable economic recovery
kulaks
which resulted in a considerable increase in agricultural production and the emergence of wealthy agricultural owners
[THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION (CPSU)]
Social Democratic Party was transformed into the Communist Party of Russia
