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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

Subjects : dsst, history
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1. A group of factory workers that set up legislature/ a massive strike led by Leon Trotsky.






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






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






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






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






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






7. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






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






10. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






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






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






36. People/Populist movement






37. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






39. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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