The Civil War

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Across
  1. 6. which body created in 1919 took increasing control of state affairs instead of the Sovnarkom in the 1920s
  2. 9. who outnumbered workers 2 to 1, creating a 'dictatorship of the bureaucracy'
  3. 10. many argued that the Bolsehviks' rise to power was not..
  4. 13. who had a unified command structure
  5. 17. Trotsky recruited ...thousand former Tsarist officers
  6. 19. the loss of which region added to food shortages in 1918
  7. 21. how many lives were lost from the civil war
  8. 23. which legion sparked war in May 1918 by attacking the Bolsheviks and taking over railway lines
  9. 24. which army was of no political allegiance and consisted of peasants and those seeking independence
  10. 25. organisation used to shoot deserters
  11. 26. what did Trotsky reintroduce to make to Red Army a professional force
  12. 27. The murder of the Tsar prevented him being a... for the Whites
  13. 28. who led the red army during the civil war
  14. 29. who disagreed with Lenin and believed that independent republics should be controlled centrally from Moscow (e.g Ukraine, Belorussia, Georgia)
  15. 31. Trotsky covered over ...thousand miles in his special train during the war visiting fronts
  16. 32. who were ill-disciplined and had a lot of corruption
  17. 33. which General replaced Denikin in 1920 but was faced by opposition from the green army
  18. 34. which General reached Moscow but was forced back by Trotsky in 1919
  19. 35. type of battalion (sometimes made up of conscripted bourgeoisie) to clear debris and remove bodies
  20. 36. what was 'russia' renamed in 1922
Down
  1. 1. how many party members fought for the red army
  2. 2. which General reached Petrograd in October 1919 but was forced back by the Red Army
  3. 3. which Russian Historian and former red army general criticised Trotsky as having made few important strategic decisions
  4. 4. whose slogan was 'Russia One and Indivisible' which concerned national minorities
  5. 5. style of execution used to discourage waverers
  6. 6. name for Party Loyalists who instilled ideology in the troops and countersigned all officers' orders
  7. 7. whose policies were generally more favoured by the peasants
  8. 8. an anti-Bolshevik Volunteer Army was created in Spring 1918, partially funded by which country?
  9. 11. which historian argues that the totalitarian state has its origins in the Civil War
  10. 12. Bolsheviks held which area of European Russia
  11. 14. disloyalty or desertion was punished by..
  12. 15. The Civil war begun in which season of 1918
  13. 16. type of mentality adopted by the Communist Party in response to the Civil War, fearing internal and external threats
  14. 18. there were two assassination attempts on lenin by which political leaning
  15. 20. which General in the South threatened Tsaritsyn but was prevented by Red armies to link with the Whites in the East 1918
  16. 22. where was the royal family killed July 1918
  17. 30. some of the Whites, particularly army officers wanted a return to..