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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

Subjects : dsst, history
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1. Wrote 'War & Peace' - believed in peaceful protest.






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






3. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






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






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






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






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






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






9. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






10. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






20. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






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






23. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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






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






36. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






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






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






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






41. People/Populist movement






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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