Civil War, Brest-Litovsk, the Red Terror, Trotsky, the creation of the USSR and Stalin's rise to 1929

What this note covers

1. Why civil war followed the October Revolution
2. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, March 1918
3. Trotsky and the Red Army
4. The Red Terror and the Cheka
5. Forming the USSR, December 1922
6. Lenin's illness, the Testament and early manoeuvring
7. Stalin's defeat of the Left, United and Right Oppositions
8. Examining this topic in the WACE paper

8 sections · 12 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes