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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

Subjects : dsst, history
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1. Owner of Production/ Seller of time (laborer)






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






3. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






4. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






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






7. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






16. People/Populist movement






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






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






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