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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

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1. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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






18. People/Populist movement






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






20. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






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






22. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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