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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

Subjects : dsst, history
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1. Develop Democratic Centralism- no organized group to voice opinions. Eliminated war communism with NEP.






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






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






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






5. People/Populist movement






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






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






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






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






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






11. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






23. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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






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






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






28. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






39. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






41. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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