Conditions During the Civil War (AQA A-Level History): Flashcards
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Civil War deaths: starvation/disease vs combat
Civil War deaths: starvation/disease vs combat
~5 million from disease/starvation; ~350,000 combat
% of urban food from black market
% of urban food from black market
1/2 to 2/3 (50-67%)
Sackmen definition
Sackmen definition
Peasants carrying sacks of produce for black market trade
Cordon detachments purpose (1918)
Cordon detachments purpose (1918)
Special army units to stop illegal black market trading
Urban proletariat: Jan 1917 to Jan 1919
Urban proletariat: Jan 1917 to Jan 1919
Declined from 3.6 million to 1.4 million
% of Petrograd workforce departed by April 1918
% of Petrograd workforce departed by April 1918
60%
Times Kyiv changed hands during Civil War
Times Kyiv changed hands during Civil War
16 times
Pogroms definition
Pogroms definition
Organised massacres targeting Jewish communities
Subsistence farming meaning
Subsistence farming meaning
Producing only for own needs, not for sale
Deaths from 1920 typhus epidemic
Deaths from 1920 typhus epidemic
Over 3 million