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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

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






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






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






4. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






21. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






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






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






25. People/Populist movement






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






27. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






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






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






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






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






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