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What were some of the harsh policies enforced by the Communist State in Soviet Russia?
What were some of the harsh policies enforced by the Communist State in Soviet Russia?
Universal military service, death penalty for conscientious objectors, enforced labor, military Communism, and requisitioning.
How did the Communist State respond to workers' protests?
How did the Communist State respond to workers' protests?
They suppressed workers' protests by using the military.
Describe the attitude of the Communist State towards the Russian peasants.
Describe the attitude of the Communist State towards the Russian peasants.
The Communist State used an iron hand, including whipping peasants and razing their villages with artillery.
What were the Russian peasants and workers fighting for during the Revolution?
What were the Russian peasants and workers fighting for during the Revolution?
What did the Russian peasants and workers believe was the cause of the Bolshevik horrors?
What did the Russian peasants and workers believe was the cause of the Bolshevik horrors?
What characterized the 'constructive social and economic policies' of the Bolsheviki?
What characterized the 'constructive social and economic policies' of the Bolsheviki?
What did Lenin admit to at the X.Congress of the Communist Party of Russia in March, 1921?
What did Lenin admit to at the X.Congress of the Communist Party of Russia in March, 1921?
What did Lenin consider the razvyorstka, the requisition of food, to be?
What did Lenin consider the razvyorstka, the requisition of food, to be?
How did Lenin describe the Soviet bureaucracy in Russia?
How did Lenin describe the Soviet bureaucracy in Russia?
What was Lenin's view on private ownership and free trade in Russia?
What was Lenin's view on private ownership and free trade in Russia?
In what economic state was Russia described as in the text?
In what economic state was Russia described as in the text?
What did Lenin consider the best Communist to be, based on his statement?
What did Lenin consider the best Communist to be, based on his statement?
How did the Bolshevik government view the agrarian population in relation to the proletariat?
How did the Bolshevik government view the agrarian population in relation to the proletariat?
What dissatisfaction arose among the great peasant masses in response to the Bolshevik government's actions?
What dissatisfaction arose among the great peasant masses in response to the Bolshevik government's actions?
Who presided over the Land Commissariat, which was a vital factor in the reconstruction of Russia?
Who presided over the Land Commissariat, which was a vital factor in the reconstruction of Russia?
How did the Russian muzhik, or peasant, react to the Bolshevik concept of the dictatorship of the proletariat?
How did the Russian muzhik, or peasant, react to the Bolshevik concept of the dictatorship of the proletariat?
What was the peasants' demand in response to feeling enslaved, oppressed, and ignored for a long time?
What was the peasants' demand in response to feeling enslaved, oppressed, and ignored for a long time?
How did the Bolshevik government discriminate against the peasant representatives in the Soviets and at National Conferences?
How did the Bolshevik government discriminate against the peasant representatives in the Soviets and at National Conferences?
