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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






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






25. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






26. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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






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






31. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






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






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






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






43. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






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






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






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






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






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

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50. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals