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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

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






2. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






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

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






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






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






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






9. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






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






12. People/Populist movement






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






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






15. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






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






28. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






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






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






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






39. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






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






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






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






44. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






45. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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






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






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






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







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