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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

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1. Stagnation during 80's - economically and in politburo






2. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






3. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






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






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






7. Educated nobel group - were called radicals-knew Russia and western thinking.






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






9. Military leader-wanted to take military control of Rus and get out of war. 'Train accident' by workers party.






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






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






12. Bureaucracy that controlled everything in state/people. ex.. art and literature was about state - family was to reproduce for state






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






14. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






22. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






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






24. The 40year program-freed Serfs had to payback money to nobles through the state






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






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






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






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






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






30. Public elections for congress of USSR - allows for more parties in USSR.






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






32. Socialism should stay in Russia and not be a peoples movement - only soviet.






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






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






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






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






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






38. State control of key industry ex. electrical - road - military.






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






40. Intelligentsia went to the peasants to discuss their revolution plans. Plan backfires and intelligentsia members get arrested.






41. People/Populist movement






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






43. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






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






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






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






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






48. The execution of Russian Soviet Party members - formally old Bolsheviks.






49. Develop Democratic Centralism- no organized group to voice opinions. Eliminated war communism with NEP.






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