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THE BIRTH OF THE SOVIET UNION, emergence of counterrevolutionary armed…
THE BIRTH OF THE SOVIET UNION
THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR AND FOREIGN INTERVENTION
economic situation in Russia was chaotic
opposition of certain political sectors to the revolutionaries
growing power of the Bolsheviks
foreign powers saw the October Revolution
as a serious threat
aspired to create
communist society without social classes
debts contracted by the tsar would not be paid
civil war (1918–1923)
was fought by two groups:
White Army --> counterrevolutionaries
had the backing of foreign powers.
Red Army
the revolutionary government.
THE SOVIET STATE
revolutionary institutions were consolidated
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
was formed in 1922.
economic level
policy called War Communism
state militarised industry, seized food and imposed forced labour.
Most people went hungry
protests spread even among members of the Communist Party.
government consolidated a one-party dictatorship
Congress of Soviets was controlled by the Bolsheviks
the Cheka, persecuted dissidents
New Economic Policy
mixed system combining
elements of capitalism and socialism
asted from 1921 to 1928
remarkable economic recovery,
considerable increase in agricultural production
emergence of counterrevolutionary armed groups
