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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

Subjects : dsst, history
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1. Stalins economical scape goats/ rich peasants who could hire work






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. People/Populist movement






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






19. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






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






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






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






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






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






25. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






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






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

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29. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






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






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






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






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






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






35. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






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






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






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






50. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin