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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






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






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






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






33. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






34. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






35. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






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






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

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






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






41. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






42. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






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






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






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






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






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






48. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






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