Lenin’s State, 1917–18 (Edexcel A-Level History): Quizzes
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By when had Lenin's revolutionary state become much more authoritarian?
By when had Lenin's revolutionary state become much more authoritarian?
Summer 1918
How many People's Commissars made up the first Sovnarkom?
How many People's Commissars made up the first Sovnarkom?
13
What position did Leon Trotsky hold in the first Sovnarkom?
What position did Leon Trotsky hold in the first Sovnarkom?
Head of Foreign Affairs
What did the Decree on Land give peasants the right to do?
What did the Decree on Land give peasants the right to do?
Seize land from nobility & Church
What did the Workers' Decrees of November 1917 establish?
What did the Workers' Decrees of November 1917 establish?
8-hour max day & minimum wage
Which institution went on strike immediately after the October Revolution?
Which institution went on strike immediately after the October Revolution?
Russian State Bank & Treasury
What did Lenin do to the Constituent Assembly in January 1918?
What did Lenin do to the Constituent Assembly in January 1918?
Closed it by force after 1 day
What did Lenin do after Bolsheviks lost soviet elections in spring 1918?
What did Lenin do after Bolsheviks lost soviet elections in spring 1918?
Expelled Mensheviks & SRs from soviets
What was Stalin's occupation before becoming a revolutionary?
What was Stalin's occupation before becoming a revolutionary?
Trained as a Christian priest
Who urged Lenin to form a coalition government and then resigned in protest?
Who urged Lenin to form a coalition government and then resigned in protest?
Zinoviev & Kamenev