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 (C)</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 (B)</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) (A)</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 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the time period of the Kronstadt Naval Mutiny?

<p>February - March 1921 (B)</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 (C)</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 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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