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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

Subjects : dsst, history
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1. The 40year program-freed Serfs had to payback money to nobles through the state






2. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






3. Liberal party (democrats)/wanted constitutional monarchy.






4. Were serfs stayed under strict conditions - peasant communities.






5. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






6. Two revolutionary brothers-Hanged for assassination Alexander II/ Lenin






7. 'Soviets' come to party congress for election of collective leadership who is a small group who chooses the Gensec.






8. Government buying food from peasants at a fixed price/ taking over of industry by state.






9. Focused on peasantry led revolution w/peasants. 41% of congress.






10. Controlled russian legislature - Was President of Russia -lead coup against Gorbachev






11. Wrote 'War & Peace' - believed in peaceful protest.






12. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






13. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






14. Police Agent who led workers to red square to ask for a raise/ The mass killing of workers at red square by guards.






15. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov - studied the lives of the working class and founder of RSDWP.






16. Restructure in USSR by Gorbachev - renounces true socialism by Lenin.






17. Focused on rapid heavy industrialization in a command economy. issued by stalin






18. One of the members of Bosheviks - head of Moscow






19. Owner of Production/ Seller of time (laborer)






20. General secretary of USSR - had 2 coups against his reformation






21. Losing war for Rus. enemy had major naval advantage that destroyed Rus. Navy. Ended by US treaty.






22. Female Russia medic who helped out during Crimean War.






23. One of Alexander II action - started Redemptive Dues and changed the economy towards more industrial.






24. A group of Intelligentsia-conservatives who wanted to keep Russia the way it has been.






25. Menshevik who led the soviet workers deputies at St.Petersburg






26. The result of losing Bethlehem to France - O.F.E.A vs. Russia






27. State owned land to family/ is the basis for the rapid heavy industrialization. part of the five year plan.






28. The execution of the red army leaders. 90% of all generals were killed.






29. Take Rus out of war/ food for everyone/ split up land of nobility . Don't listen to Provision government.






30. Liberal Economist- exiled to Siberia for 20 years.






31. Founded in Minsk -1893. Meeting in 1903 splints party into 2 groups. Bolsheviks vs Mensheviks






32. Reduce nuclear weapons - treaty with USA - stop worrying about other states policy






33. Krushnev's opinion on Stalin at the 20th party congress.






34. Agreement to end war with germany gave up ukraine - poland - baltic states.






35. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






36. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






37. Tsar Nicholas issued laws of liberal citizenship (duma) just like US bill of rights.






38. The government that is set up after the fall of the Romanov Dynasty and previsionary government.


39. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






40. People/Populist movement






41. Brezhnev main party representation - were in central committee.






42. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






43. Minimization of state - sub-group of Socialism.






44. Stalins economical scape goats/ rich peasants who could hire work






45. Started Marxist movement while in exile in Geneve/ one of the fractions of the Narodnichestvo Movement






46. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






47. Openest in society - people were allowed to criticize the government.






48. Majority/Minority - 24% to 3% of congress.






49. Secret police force created by Bolsheviks - became the KGB.






50. Socialist/prime minister who leads the previsionary government.