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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

Subjects : dsst, history
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1. Bureaucracy that controlled everything in state/people. ex.. art and literature was about state - family was to reproduce for state






2. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






20. People/Populist movement






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






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






29. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






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






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






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






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






35. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






38. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






39. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






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






41. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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