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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

Subjects : dsst, history
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1. The execution of the red army leaders. 90% of all generals were killed.






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






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






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






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






6. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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






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






10. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






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

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






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






14. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






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






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






18. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






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






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






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






23. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






24. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






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






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






28. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






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






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






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






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






33. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. People/Populist movement






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






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






49. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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