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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

Subjects : dsst, history
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1. A group of factory workers that set up legislature/ a massive strike led by Leon Trotsky.






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






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






4. Public elections for congress of USSR - allows for more parties in USSR.






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






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






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






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






9. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






30. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






31. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






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






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






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






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






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






37. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






39. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






42. People/Populist movement






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






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






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






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






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






48. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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