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The Cheka

The Cheka. By Amy, Olivier, Jordan and Michelle. Lenin. Bolshevik Leader of the 1917 October Revolution First Head of State of the Soviet Union

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The Cheka

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  1. The Cheka By Amy, Olivier, Jordan and Michelle

  2. Lenin Bolshevik Leader of the 1917 October Revolution First Head of State of the Soviet Union His contribution to political science, Leninism. Is his development and interpretations of urban Marxist theory to fit the agrarian Russian Empire of that time, with Leninist theory turning Marx on his head by placing politics over economics.

  3. Trotsky • leaded the Red army • won of the best leaders for the Red army • Knew war tactics unlike the Bolsheviks

  4. Cheka • Established on December 20, 1917 Russian Calendar, December 7. • Headquarters in Russia, in the Lubianka. • Originally called “The Whole-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter- Revolution and Sabotage. • Instructions of Lenin, The Cheka performed mass arrests, imprisonments and executions. • They targeted ‘class enemies’. (ex. Bourgeoisie.) • Countryside, the cheka helped requisition brigades collect grain, leaving the peasants to starve. Sometimes stole more then food. • Their leader was Felix Dzerzhinsky.

  5. Felix Dzerzhinsky • Leader of the Cheka. • Worked in the Tsar’s Prisons before, so was knowledgeable on how they worked.

  6. Red Terror • Officially started on Sept 2, 1918, after an assassination attempt was staged on Lenin by Fanya Kaplan. He was shot in the neck. • The Red Terror was only an intensification on before. • Execution became a rule • Arrests were random. People were arrested for being near the crime, or for being acquaintances of suspects. There were no trials. • Prisoners in cities were shot. • Official records put the figure of the deaths at 13, 000. Estimates put the figure nearer to 300,000. • The Red Terror officially ended in October, 1918.

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