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THE BIRTH OF THE SOVIET UNION - Coggle Diagram
THE BIRTH OF THE SOVIET UNION
THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR AND FOREIGN INTERVENTION
1918
these groups came to control large outlying and rural regions of Russia
Foreign powers saw the October Revolution as a serious threat
it aspired to create a communist society without social classes
more immediately
Russia’s exit from the war and the announcement that the debts contracted by the tsar would not be paid
were detrimental to the Triple Entente allies
Likewise
the opposition of certain political sectors to the revolutionary decrees
the growing power of the Bolsheviks led to the emergence
counterrevolutionary armed groups
Lenin understood that his success could only be guaranteed in this way
After years of war and months of revolutionary upheaval
economic situation in Russia was chaotic
the Soviets made no secret of their intention to extend the revolution to the whole world
THE SOVIET STATE
most people
went hungry and protests spread even among members of the Communist Party
to control the situation
the government consolidated
one-party dictatorship
it meant that troops always had supplies
could win on the battlefield
this model was disastrous for the people
Congress of Soviets
was controlled by
the Secret Police
the Cheka
critics
counterrevolutionaries
persecuted dissidents
the Bolsheviks
The state militarised industry
seized food and imposed forced labour
economic level
response to the war situation was a policy called
War Communism
despite chaos and enormous hardship
revolutionary institutions were consolidated
the Soviet Union was formed in 1922
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
end of the civil war
economic situation was critical
solution was
New Economic Policy (NEP)
which was a mixed system combining elements of capitalism and socialism
NEP lasted from 1921 to 1928
There was a remarkable economic recovery
resulted in a considerable increase in agricultural production and the emergence of wealthy agricultural owners known as kulaks
the electrification plan of the Soviet Union was carried out
This was key to the country’s economic transformation