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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

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






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






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






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






5. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






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






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






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






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






11. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. People/Populist movement






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






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






22. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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