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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

Subjects : dsst, history
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1. Tsar Nicholas issued laws of liberal citizenship (duma) just like US bill of rights.






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






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






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






5. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. People/Populist movement






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

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






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






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






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






26. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






27. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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






30. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






31. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






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






34. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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






38. The 40year program-freed Serfs had to payback money to nobles through the state






39. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






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






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






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