Who was the Bolshevik Commissar for War?
Kamanev
Lenin
Trotsky
Who were attached to Red Army units to ensure loyalty to the Bolsheviks?
Political Commissars
Cossacks
Cheka officers
What happened to cowardly or treacherous soldiers in the Red Army?
They were dishonourably discharged
They were demoted
They were executed
Why did the Bolsheviks close the Constituent Assembly set up by the Provisional Government?
It was full of Liberals
It was full of Mensheviks
It was full of Social Revolutionaries
When was the Food Dictatorship introduced?
May 1918
June 1918
July 1918
How were Red Army soldiers encouraged during the Civil War?
Increased pay
The promise of large farm plantations for each soldier
Using Agitprop
Where was Admiral Kolchak operational during the Civil War?
In the west
In the south
In the north-east
Why did the Whites find it more difficult to motivate their troops than the Bolsheviks?
Most of the White soldiers were not Russian
They were not paid as much as the Reds
They had less to fight for
Which foreign country did not provide aid to the Whites?
France
Britain
Netherlands
Which key area did the Bolsheviks control that helped them win the war?
Siberia
Moscow and St Petersburg
The Ural Mountains