bolshevik consolidation

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overview- pragmatic decisions to ensure survival 
gave the peasants and workers what they wanted to gain support. passed popular decrees
signed brest litovsk to bring russias involvement in ww1 to an end and honour their peace pledge
employed war communism to keep the regime afloat
introduced the NEP an economic concession to acheive poiltical survival
overview- ruthless methods and terror
set up the cheka as an instrument of terror to help win the war against internal enemies
used force to break the civil service strikes and deal with anti bolshevik demonstrations
class warfare terrorised the middle class and all hostile social groups, played well with workers and soldiers, made it difficult to criticise the government
used repressive measures to consolidate their political position
overview- staying in control
refused to take part in a socialist coalition government and crushed the constituent assembly, establishing one party control
exploited the weaknesses of opposition, particularly SRs and mensheviks who underestimated them and wouldnt get involved in violent protest
defeated the whites, people were inclined to keep the bolsheviks to keep the gains of the revolution
developed a highly centralised state to ensure their policies carried out