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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

Subjects : dsst, history
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1. Socialist/prime minister who leads the previsionary government.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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

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






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






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






13. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. People/Populist movement






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






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






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






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






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






29. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






30. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






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






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






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






34. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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






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






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






39. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






40. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






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






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






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






45. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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






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






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