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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

Subjects : dsst, history
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1. Focused on peasantry led revolution w/peasants. 41% of congress.






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






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






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






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






6. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






7. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






9. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






37. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






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