HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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putting the workers in charge of the factories
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giving women the right to vote
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giving the peasants land
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In mid-1918, the Bolsheviks introduced ‘war communism’ to supply the demands of the Civil War. Among its features were the nationalisation of all industries and forced grain requisitioning to supply the cities and the armed forces.
Detailed explanation-2: -As soon as the Bolsheviks took power in October 1917, they liberalized laws on divorce and abortion, decriminalized homosexuality, and proclaimed a new higher status for women.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks, led by leftist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, seized power and destroyed the tradition of czarist rule. The Bolsheviks would later become the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-4: -(i) The Bolsheviks kept industries and banks nationalised. (ii)A process of centralised planning was introduced. (iii)An extended schooling system was developed and arrangements were made for factory workers and peasants to enter universities. 05-Sept-2022