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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

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






2. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






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






5. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






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






7. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






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






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






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






22. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






24. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






39. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. People/Populist movement






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






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






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






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