Kronstadt Naval Mutiny
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What were the demands made by the sailors during the Kronstadt Naval Mutiny?

  • Higher wages for the Red Army, control of the government, and political parties' supremacy
  • Abolishment of the Red Army, increased taxes, and censorship of the press
  • Free elections to the soviets, equal rations, and freedom of the press (correct)
  • Restriction on voting rights, monopolization of food supplies, and media blackout

    • How did Lenin and the Bolsheviks respond to the Kronstadt Naval Mutiny?

  • Ignored the mutiny completely
  • Offered negotiations and granted all demands of the sailors
  • Pardoned all mutineers unconditionally
  • Issued an ultimatum and then attacked the mutineers with Red Army troops and Cheka (correct)

    • What was one of the outcomes of the Kronstadt Naval Mutiny for Lenin's economic policy?

  • Ban on all forms of private enterprise
  • Increase in taxes for peasants
  • Continuation of War Communism
  • Introduction of New Economic Policy (NEP) (correct)

    • How many soldiers were killed during the Kronstadt Naval Mutiny?

    <p>10,000 Red Army soldiers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What decree did Lenin issue in response to the Kronstadt Naval Mutiny?

    <p>'On Party Unity' banning factions in the party</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where were some of the mutineers sent after the Kronstadt Naval Mutiny?

    <p>Siberia to the gulags (labour camps)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were the 4 key demands made by the sailors in the Kronstadt Naval Mutiny?

    <p>New elections, freedom of speech, equal rations, scrapping of militia units</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the time period of the Kronstadt Naval Mutiny?

    <p>February - March 1921</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What event supported by workers from local factories and shipyards occurred on 23rd February?

    <p>A general strike led by the Mensheviks and Social Revolutionaries</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What action took place on 22nd January, 1921, that further escalated tensions leading to the Kronstadt Mutiny?

    <p>The bread ration was cut by a third under War Communism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Approximately how many sailors were involved in the Kronstadt Naval Mutiny?

    <p>~15000 sailors</p> Signup and view all the answers

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