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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






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






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






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






12. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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






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






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






17. People/Populist movement






18. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






30. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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