Lenin In Charge (1917-1924) Does Lenin keep or betray the promise of Land, Peace, Bread?

1917: Decree On Land Land taken from rich, church, royals Land to be redistributed to the people

1918: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Peace deal with Germany Russia out of WWI Russia cedes territory to Germany

1923: Russia Becomes U.S.S.R. New name: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics New flag: red hammer and sickle flag replaces imperial flag

1918: All parties are banned except Communists - Early 1918: Lenin holds elections for a new parliament Communists win 175/700 seats Lenin shuts down parliament after only one day All political parties EXCEPT the Communist Party are banned

Russian Civil War (1918-1922) Red Army (commies) fight anti-communist White Army @8 million casualties (mostly civilian)

1918: Royal Family Executed Lenin orders Tsar and entire family killed Shot in a basement in Yekaterinburg

1918-1921: War Communism gov’t seizes control of land from people during civil war Food is severely rationed to support Red Army "Sometimes mothers and fathers feed their children human meat as a last resort. Sometimes a starving family eats the body of one of its junior members. Sometimes parents at night seize part of a body from a cemetery and feed it to their children”.

1917-1920s: State Atheism Church property confiscated Priests arrested and executed Atheist organizations formed to “encourage” atheism

1921: Kronstadt Revolt Sailors angry about war communism and civil war revolt Trotsky orders Red Army to squash revolt Hundreds of sailors killed and hundreds executed for rebellion

1917: CHEKA created “All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolution and Sabotage” Secret police force Led by Felix Dzerzhinsky

1922: New Economic Policy War communism ended Private property allowed Small businesses allowed Peasants allowed to control own crops and sell them