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