The Soviet Experiment Russian Civil War The Bolshevik

The Soviet Experiment

Russian Civil War ¬The Bolshevik (red) army easily defeated the Menshevik (white) army. ¬Leon Trotsky led the Red Army.

A dictatorship of the proletariat ¬Led by Lenin

War communism ¬The govt. ran the banks, transport system, and heavy industry. ¬Grain was seized from peasants to feed soldiers and working class.

The Cheka- Russian Secret Police

Problems in Mother Russia ¬ 1920 -21 Strikes ¬Discontent peasants resisted the taking of their grain ¬The Baltic Fleet Mutinied, Red Army crushes the rebellion.

New Economic Policy ¬Peasants were permitted to farm for profit ¬Failed because there were few products that farmers were able to purchase ¬Russia now became a land of small family farmers

Politburo ¬Governing committee of the Communist Party. ¬Opposed the NEP ¬Lenin suffers a stroke in 1922.

Trotsky Vs. Stalin

Trotsky’s Position ¬Urged for rapid industrialization paid by farm production. ¬Agriculture should be collectivized.

Stalin’s Position ¬More brutal ¬Supported collectivization of all landholdings and that communism could be successful in Russia alone.

Trotsky Exiled ¬Removed from office, expelled from party and exiled to Siberia. ¬Moved to Mexico where he was assassinated by Stalin’s agents.

The rd 3 International ¬Comintern- worked to make the Bolshevik model of socialism, the model for socialist parties outside of U. S. S. R.

The Destruction of Democratic Socialism ¬Accused non-supporters of the Comintern of betraying the working class. ¬Created competing socialist parties in most of Europe. ¬Non-socialists begin to fear the rise of the Communiststyle governments.

Class Work ¬Using pages 885 -886, describe the role of women and the family in the early Soviet Union.