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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

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






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






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






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






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






6. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






7. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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






37. People/Populist movement






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






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






40. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






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






42. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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