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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

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


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






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






4. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






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






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






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






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






10. People/Populist movement






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






25. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






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






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






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






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






31. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






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






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






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






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






36. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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






40. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






41. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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