Changes+in+Russia+After+Bolshevik+Revolution

Nina von Nyssen

What aspects of Russian society and institutions were most changed and what aspects least changed by the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917? Limit your discussion to the first ten years (1917-1927) of the new regime and account for the changes you note. Thesis: The Bolshevik Revolution changed Russian society dramatic, especially in regards to women; however, while economic aspects were temporarily changed, they were rescinded by Lenin’s NEP, and politically, Russia was still ruled by one leader who had control over most aspects of Russian life. Social Aspects: · Alexandra Kollontai · Palaces for the Protection of Maternity and Children · Marriage a civil act · Legalized divorce · Decreed equality of sexes · Permitted abortions · Women’s Bureau (Zhenotdel) · welfare implemented · Russia secularized by decree Economic Aspects: · Land nationalized · NEP · Control of factories given to workers <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Political Aspects: · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Constituent Assembly broken apart · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Civil War against anti-Bolsheviks (whites) · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Russia was now a bureaucratized state under one political power · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Treaty Of Brest-Litovsk · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Capital moved · <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Cheka replaced tsarist secret police <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sources: <span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"The Russian Revolution, 1881-1939." //<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;">DISCovering World History //<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. 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