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25 Cards in this Set
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The split in 1902/1903 in the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party had to do with a dispute over
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- Revolutionary tactics
-interpretations of Marxism - Membership in the party |
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The Mensheviks argued that a revolution
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- should be a pular, mass movement
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That all decisions should be discussed by general party and that the final decison should be made by the leadership was a concept called
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- Democratic Centralism
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The Bolsheviks argued that a revolution
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consists of a small cadre of highly trained proffessional revolutionists
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Among the problems that beset Russian society before 1917 were all of the following except
A. increasing radicalism among opposition groups b. grinding poverty among the common people c. resitance to change by the Tsar d. reform spirit emanating from the royal family |
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Grigory Rasputin was murdered in 1916 by a group of
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monarchists
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The Bolshevik program in mid-1917 called for "an immediate armistice on all fronts and a conference to discuss democratic peace terms." Additionally the Bolsheviks called for "no annexations, no indemnities, thhe right of self-determination of people." Such ideas could be compared to
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Wilson's fourteen points
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A call for the elimination of national frontiers and the creation of a socialist United States of Europe was issued by
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Lev Trotsky
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The fall of the House of Romanov in the winter of 1917 was precipitated by
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riots following a women's hunger march
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Kerensky's biggest mistake was probably
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continuing war with Germany
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General Lavr Lornilov was the leader of
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an attempted military uprising in the summer of 1917
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Before the October/november rising, Bolsheviks in the Petrograd Soviet were worried about a Cossack invasion of the Petrograd led by the leader, or Ataman, of those horsemen. His name was
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Alesi Kaledin
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Immediately after the Bolshevik rising, which of the following groups showwed resistance to the red seizure of power?
a. textile and garment workers b. telephone and telegraph operators c. coalminers and steel workers d. jewelers and bartenders |
telephone and telegraph operators
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After the bolshevik coup, all of the following groups stayed loyal to the Kerensky government except
a. officers b. middle class merchants c. moderate socialists d. Anarchists |
anarchists
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There are only two alternatives; either the Russian Revolution will create a revolutionary movement in Europe, or the European powers will destroy the Russian Revolution! This quote is most likely a statement by
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Trotsky
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All of the following countries sent troops to intervene in the Russian Civil War Except
a. US b. Serbia c. France d. Poland |
Serbia
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In 1921, Lenin and Bukharin introduced
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war communism
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An intense desire to increase industrial productive dramatically led in 1928 to the formation of
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The First Five Year Plan
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The most disturbing aspect of the collectivization of agriculture in the USSR was the
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Ukranian Famine of 1932
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The event that precipitated the Great Purge of the 1930s was the murder of
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Sergei Kirov
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The Jewish poet who was imprisoned and tortured for writing a satire of Stalin's rule was
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Osip Mandelstam
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A famous figure in the Soviet feminist movement was
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Alexandra Kollantai
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Who of the following wrote the poem "Requiem" in secret while her son spent twenty years in the Gulag
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Anna Akhmatova
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Who of the following was among the few Soviet writers to win the Nobel prize for literature
a. Anna Akhmatova b. Osip Mandelstam c. Itzaak Pfeffer d. Mikhail Sholokhov |
Mikhail Sholokhov
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Who is one of the only americans buried in a place of honor in the Kremlin wall in Moscow?
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John Reed
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