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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






16. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






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






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






19. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






20. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






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






23. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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






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






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






29. People/Populist movement






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






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






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






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






43. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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






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

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






48. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






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






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