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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

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






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






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






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






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






6. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






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






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






9. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






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






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






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






14. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






16. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






28. 1939 agreement between Nazi Germany and USSR. Secretly spilt up baltic states.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






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






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

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43. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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