The Constituent Assembly and the outbreak of the Civil War

History

GCSE

AQA

6m 50s

in Russia 1894-1945

In this discussion we look at the election of a constituent assembly and the threat it posed to the Bolsheviks. We then consider the way Lenin dissolved the assembly and the subsequent outbreak of an anti-Bolshevik civil war. Content covers: Elections for the Constituent Assembly. The meeting of the Constituent Assembly and its immediate dissolution. Reasons for the outbreak of civil war. Combatants in the civil war.

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