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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

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






2. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






12. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






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






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






16. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






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






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






19. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. People/Populist movement






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

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






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






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






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






39. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






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






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






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






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






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






45. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






47. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






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






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






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