What was a key factor in Lenin's establishment of a Bolshevik dictatorship?
A)The use of Marx's theory of agricultural collectivization.
B)The use of the Cheka and Soviet-sympathizing parts of the imperial army.
C)The use of rapid industrialization to increase consumer goods production.
D)The use of the New Economic Policy to take over the Russian economy.
E)The use of the Five-Year Plans to purge the Bolshevik Politburo.

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The use of the Cheka (the Bolshevik secret police) and elements of the army sympathetic to the Soviet cause were crucial in suppressing opposition and consolidating Bolshevik power, thereby establishing a dictatorship under Lenin.

What Was a Key Factor in Lenin's Establishment of a Bolshevik