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DSST Rise And Fall Of The Soviet Union

Subjects : dsst, history
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1. Worst nuclear disaster in history - meltdown in Ukraine






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Liberal Reformist-wanted representative democracy like England.






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






15. Stalin - Gensec of Bolsheviks






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






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






18. People/Populist movement






19. A group of Intelligentsia-liberals






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. The leader of the politburo/soviet union.






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






37. Economic theorist of NEP - executed by stalin






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. The act of hanging the revolutionaries.






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






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






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






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






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






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