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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

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






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






3. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






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






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






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






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






9. Lenins return from exile in germany - gives speech to the people- take charge and be a socialist.






10. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






11. A group of factory workers that set up legislature/ a massive strike led by Leon Trotsky.






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






22. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Nobel Anarchist- Believed peasants (freed serfs) could overthrow Russian Empire.






32. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






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






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






35. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






37. People/Populist movement






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






39. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






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






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






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






44. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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






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






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






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