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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

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






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






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






4. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






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






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






8. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






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






10. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






33. People/Populist movement






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






43. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






44. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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






48. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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






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