HIS250Y1 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Vladimir Lenin, Bolsheviks, Saint Petersburg
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October revolution (red october, revolution in russia led by bolsheviks and vladimir. Began with an armed insurrection in petrograd in october 1917. Use of bolshevik red guards to occupy government buildings. Bolsheviks seize power (russian civil war from 17-22, creation of ussr in 1922) Brest litovsk (ended russian participation in ww1 against the central powers. Cessation of baltic states to germany, land to ottoman empire, recognized independence of ukraine), beginning of russia civil war. War communism (economic system in russia from 1918-22. Nationalization of land, banks and shipping and food. Ending of private capitalism in favour of state-run or supervised businesses. Red terror (political repression and mass killings by bolsheviks of tsarist representatives and bourgeois. ) Battle of sviyazhsk, trotsky & red army vs white officers who represented alternative forms of capitalism and monarchism as well as green armies who represented the dissent among peasants.
