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The Kronstadt Rising

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The Kronstadt Rising

The Bolsheviks moved quickly to crush their opposition and to restrict political freedoms. This period was known as The Red Terror.

The Kronstadt Rising

The Kronstadt Rising

  • Sailors of the Kronstadt naval base, who had traditionally supported and aided the Bolsheviks, rebelled in March 1921.
  • 'War communism’ had taken its toll on sailors and soldiers, who were increasingly exploited by the Bolsheviks.
The sailors rebel

The sailors rebel

  • The rebellion showed how much support the Bolsheviks had lost as a result of the strict regime they imposed during the war.
  • The sailors felt that the Bolsheviks had abandoned the Russian worker.
  • The sailors called for:
    • New elections.
    • Freedom for left-wing parties.
    • Free trade-unions.
    • An end to grain requisitioning from peasants.
Response to the mutiny

Response to the mutiny

  • The soldiers were denounced as ‘Whites’ and ‘counter-revolutionaries’ by Lenin.
    • This was not an accurate description. Most sailors supported leftist parties.
  • The soldiers were not trying to overthrow the revolution. They were just asking for changes.
    • But the Red Army still attacked the sailors at their base across the sea ice outside Petrograd.
Result

Result

  • The sailors fought back but were defeated. Hundreds were killed.
    • The episode influenced and changed Lenin’s way of thinking and ruling Russia.
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The End of Tsardom

1.1

Russia's Economy & Society

1.1.1Industrialisation1.1.2Living & Working Conditions
1.2

Nicholas II's Autocracy & the Court

1.2.1Growth of Revolutionary Opposition1.2.2The 1905 Revolution & the October Manifesto1.2.3Reforming Russia Before 1914 - Stolypin1.2.4The Duma & Political Stalemate
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The First World War

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Lenin's New Society

2.1

The Provisional Government

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2.2

The Impact of Lenin's Dictatorship

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2.3

Social & Economic Developments

2.3.1War Communism2.3.2The Kronstadt Rising2.3.3The New Economic Policy (NEP)2.3.4The Achievements of Lenin & Trotsky2.3.5Top Grade AO2/3 - Social & Economic Developments
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Stalin's USSR

3.1

Stalin the Dictator

3.1.1The Power Struggle to Succeed Lenin3.1.2The Communist Party & Government3.1.3The Terror & the Purges3.1.4The Secret Police3.1.5Cult of Personality3.1.6Propaganda & Censorship under Stalin3.1.7Top Grade AO2/3 - Stalin's Dictatorship
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Stalin's Modernisation of the USSR

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Impact of the Second World War

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War Communism

The New Economic Policy (NEP)