What measures were taken by the Bolsheviks to consolidate their position?
score:1
The question is obviously out of a study book. And not a good one.
After October revolution there were 3 parties at power: bolsheviks, left SRs and maximalists(a branch of anarchists). It was named Soviet Power, not bolshevik's one. And the name was correct in 1917 and half of 1918.
There were not 4 measures, Soviet Power took thousands of measures to keep the power. Its position in 1917-1918 was very weak. And the choice of most useful measures is subjective enough.
Soviet Power made two main laws:
Peace. They stopped to fight non only separately from allies, but even before any agreements with enemy.
Land. They took the well-known and thoroughly made project of SR party and made it a law.
It also started preparations to the elections of Uchreditelnoje (Constitutional) Congress.
I would name as a fourth measure of bolsheviks the temporary three-party system. They could not destroy the Peasants' Soviet in October, as they destroyed the Constitutional Congress later in January. Army was not yet on they side. So, they badly needed left SRs at their side. And in the Workers and Soldiers' Soviets they needed anarchists for the same reason. And without the majority in these both Soviets they would instantly lose. Without support of other parties they had majority in the city Soviet only.
That power was officially supported by a Decree on Establishment of the Workers' and Peasants' Government, but we can't count it as one of the main measures - it only wrote down the real fact.
If you don't like my choice, look at the list of their laws and choose yourself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Decree
I think, Decree on the Nationalization of the Banks and Decree on the State Independence of Finland were very important.
As for non-decree measures, IMHO, the arrest of the previous government, official move of the power to Soviets and very careful politics towards neutral troops were extremely important, too, no less than the first 4 measures.
More post
- 📝 Are there any palaces, temples or monuments built by the Seleucids surviving through to the present day?
- 📝 What are some examples that show medieval stone construction on top of older foundations?
- 📝 During the Battle of Britain, how prepared was the East Front?
- 📝 Did Jaques Chirac say “Without Africa, France will slide down into the rank of a third [rate] power”?
- 📝 History of scientific regression
- 📝 Are the "bone fields" of the Stalingrad encircled battlefields real?
- 📝 Who started trams in Delhi?
- 📝 At what date did the Ostrogoths formally stop ruling as Roman tributaries?
- 📝 How were Chinese Dynasties named?
- 📝 How did Japanese small boats win against Mongolian ships?
- 📝 What was the name of the torpedo boat with mechanical problems accompanying the Wilhelm Gustloff?
- 📝 Which 1848 German revolutionaries became key players in the US Republican party?
- 📝 Are there examples of pre-industrial cruise ship?
- 📝 What's the relationship between Solomon's Temple and Christians?
- 📝 Were Greek columns hollow?
- 📝 What examples from history are there of a dictator successfully annexing countries by force over the long term?
- 📝 Why were P-39/P-400 sent to Henderson Field?
- 📝 Unofficial title for third or fourth son of a king?
- 📝 What is a knight of the windmill?
- 📝 How useful were Chinese contributions to the defeat of Japan in WWII?
- 📝 Is there any history of a government/ruling party refusing to accept a Supreme Court order?
- 📝 Advice for a novice Historian
- 📝 What was this small state in the south of France in 1789?
- 📝 What were the main causal forces leading to rise of fascist movement and fascist government in Germany?
- 📝 What was the earliest black advocacy for Palestinian rights?
- 📝 Is there a general term for epicycles, deferents, and eccentrics in Ptolemaic astronomy?
- 📝 How did destroyers protecting convoys operate in bad weather during WWII?
- 📝 Native peoples of North and South America impressions of Europeans
- 📝 What is the likely ethnic origin of the Minoans?
- 📝 Did anyone ever try to beat the Great Wall of China by digging secret tunnels under it?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 What measures were taken by the Bolsheviks to consolidate their position?
- 📝 What proportion of the population of Soviet Union were taken into custody by the state during Stalin's time?
- 📝 What Land Runs were there in the U.S., and were the Indians paid for their land?
- 📝 Was the danger of Germany bombing the US East Coast taken seriously and were measures taken to address it?
- 📝 Did China's life expectancy at birth rise 30.5 years from 1960 to 1980? If so, what were the particular changes made to their society's structure?
- 📝 What were Russia and the US were planning to do if Ukraine refused to give up their nuclear arsenal?
- 📝 What incentives were there for Soviet and Chinese politicians to try climb to the top when there was so much history of deposing their own?
- 📝 Were the Germans in a position to capitalize on their military objectives at Stalingrad without capturing the whole city?
- 📝 What were the differences between the Waffen SS and the Wehrmacht in their role during the war?
- 📝 What steps were taken at the end of WW2 to prevent a WW3?
- 📝 What drugs were used in England during the High Middle Ages?
- 📝 What were the reasons for the Renaissance / scientific revolution in Europe?
- 📝 What were the acceptance criteria in universities of medieval Europe?
- 📝 What language(s) were spoken within the Holy Roman Empire?
- 📝 What were the reasons for making Prohibition a constitutional amendment?
- 📝 What were the main causes of successful take over of India by Britain?
- 📝 What disruptions were brought about by Islam that the Arabians saw so many victories?
- 📝 Were Russians in the cold war era USA discriminated against for their ethnicity?
- 📝 Were there any Germans in Japan after the surrender of Germany in May, 1945 and if so, what happened to them?
- 📝 Why do revolutions "eat their own?" What is the sociological dynamic here?
- 📝 Are there any documented examples of wooden ships which were in active service for 100 years or more? If not, what is the longest?
- 📝 What were the logistics of whaling in the 1800s?
- 📝 What were the reasons that the British colonies in North America rebelled but not others?
- 📝 In WWII, what were the major differences in tank combat on the eastern and western fronts?
- 📝 How heavily were the British taxing their American colonies?
- 📝 Third Reich? What were the other two?
- 📝 What were the Allies' plans if they caught Hitler alive?
- 📝 What were the EMP effects, if any, of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
- 📝 What made the Russian Navy suspect Japanese torpedo boats were in North Sea in 1904?
- 📝 What were the post World War 2 effects on Germany?
