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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

Subjects : dsst, history
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1. General secretary of USSR - had 2 coups against his reformation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






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






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






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






21. People/Populist movement






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






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






24. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






25. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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






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






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






30. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






31. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






32. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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