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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






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






10. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






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






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






13. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






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






16. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






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






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






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






21. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






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

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






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






25. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. People/Populist movement






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






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






50. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.