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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

Subjects : dsst, history
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1. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






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






32. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






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






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






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






36. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






38. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






41. People/Populist movement






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






43. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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