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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

Subjects : dsst, history
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1. Socialism should stay in Russia and not be a peoples movement - only soviet.






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






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






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






5. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






23. People/Populist movement






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






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






26. Narodnichestvo movement/ Splits up into 3 fractions






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






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






29. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






38. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






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