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27 Cards in this Set
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Nicholas II |
The last Czar of Russia |
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Joseph Stalin |
The dictator of Russia who brought on a totalitatian state in Russia |
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Police Terror |
Police serve to enforce the government, not to protect the people but to spy on citizens or intimidating then, using brutal force, or murder |
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Communism |
An economic system in which all means of production are owned by the people, private property doesn't exist, and all goods and services are shared equally |
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Rasputin |
A monk who served the Czar and Czarina during their rule |
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republic |
A former communist nation in eastern Europe and Northern Asia |
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Totalitarianism |
A government that takes total, centralized state control over every aspect of public and private life |
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Soviets |
One of the local representatives councils formed in Russia after the downfall of Nicholas II |
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V.I. Lenin |
Known as the father of the revolution, he led the communist party in Russia after the downfall of the Czar |
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Bolshevik |
A group of revolutionary Russian Marxists who took control of Russia's government in November 1917 |
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Religious Persecution |
The systematic mistreatment of an individual or group as a response to their religious beliefs or affiliations or lack there of |
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Indoctrination |
The process of teaching a person or group to accept a set of beliefs uncritically |
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Bloody Sunday |
A massacre of unarmed demonstrators wanting to present a petition to Czar Nicholas II |
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Civil War in Russia |
A war between the Red Army and White Army of Russia that cost them 15 million lives |
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Command Economy |
A system which the government makes all economic decisions |
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Five-Year Plans |
Plans to promote industrial growth and stregthen national defense |
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk |
A treaty made between the new Bolshevik Army and the Central Powers of WW1 |
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Collective Farms |
A large government controlled farm made by combining many small farms |
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Trans-Siberian Railroad |
The Trans-Siberian Railway is a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East. |
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New Economic Policy (NEP) |
an economic policy of Soviet Russia proposed by Vladimir Lenin, who described it as a progression towards "state capitalism" within the workers' state of the USSR. |
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Provisional Government |
an emergency governmental authority set up to manage a political transition, generally in the cases of new nations or following the collapse of the previous governing administration. |
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Kulaks |
a peasant in Russia wealthy enough to own a farm and hire labor. |
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Censorship |
the suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security. In this case, anything that opposed the communist views in Russia |
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The Great Purge |
A government campaign that sought to eliminate who threatened Stalin's power |
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Socialist Realism |
A style of art in which Communist values and life under communism are gloified |
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Propoganda |
Information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage and opponents cause |
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DUMA |
A russian national parliament formed in the early years of the 20th century |
