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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

Subjects : dsst, history
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1. Reduce nuclear weapons - treaty with USA - stop worrying about other states policy






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






3. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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






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






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






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






9. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






10. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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

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






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






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






15. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






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






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






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






19. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






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






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






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






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






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






50. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.