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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

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






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






3. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. People/Populist movement






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






22. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






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






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






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






27. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






29. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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