Russian Civil War

Cards (3)

  • Civil war hastened the creation of a one party state. The Politburo was formed in 1919 which made decisions instead of Sovnarkom
  • Led to more centralisation of the party and government as they wanted more central authoritarian control to help co-ordinate the war effort
  • Led to the establishment of the Politburo and the Orgburo. The sovnarkom became subordinate to the Politburo