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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

Subjects : dsst, history
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1. Develop Democratic Centralism- no organized group to voice opinions. Eliminated war communism with NEP.






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






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






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






5. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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


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






17. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






18. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






26. People/Populist movement






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






39. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






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






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