HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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fight the White Army in the Civil War.
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serve as Lenin’s private body guards.
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use violence and intimidation to enforce obedience to Lenin & the Communist Party.
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teach Russian children about Communism
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Bolshevik-controlled Sovnarkom charged the Cheka to investigate and liquidate all attempts or actions connected with counter-revolution or sabotage, whether they were domestic or foreign in origin, and were expected to deliver the ‘criminals’ to Revolutionary Tribunals to face trial.
Detailed explanation-2: -20 December 1917: formation of the Cheka, the first Soviet security and intelligence agency.
Detailed explanation-3: -How did the Cheka help Lenin gain control of Russia? They helped Lenin gain control of Russia by executing ordinary citizens that were only suspected of taking action against the revolution. Lenin hoped that the Russian Revolution of 1917 would do what to the rest of the world?
Detailed explanation-4: -The first secret police, called the Cheka, was established in December 1917 as a temporary institution to be abolished once Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks had consolidated their power. The original Cheka, headed by Feliks Dzerzhinskii, was empowered only to investigate “counterrevolutionary” crimes.