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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

Subjects : dsst, history
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1. The 40year program-freed Serfs had to payback money to nobles through the state






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






3. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






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






13. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






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






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






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






18. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






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






20. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






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






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






23. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






24. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






39. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. People/Populist movement






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






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






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






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