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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

Subjects : dsst, history
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1. Government buying food from peasants at a fixed price/ taking over of industry by state.






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






25. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






26. People/Populist movement






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






28. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






30. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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






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






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






42. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






43. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






44. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






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






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






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






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






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






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