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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

Subjects : dsst, history
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Liberal party (democrats)/wanted constitutional monarchy.






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






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






4. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






6. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






18. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






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






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






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






23. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






25. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. People/Populist movement






33. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






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






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






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






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






38. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






39. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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