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ethnic group
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group of people who share a common ancestry, language, customs, religion, or combination of such characteristics
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nationalities
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large, distinct ethnic groups within a country, used especially in Russia and the Eurasion republics
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czar
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the emperor or supreme ruler
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serfs
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laborers owned by nobles and bound to the land
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socialism
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philosophy, that called for ownership of all land and factories by peasants and workers
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russification
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program of the czars to promote unity in the people
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communism
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the teachings of Marx and Lenin
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perestroika
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restructuring of the USSR
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glasnost
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a new openess
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atheist
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non-believer
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icon
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religious image used mainly by Orthodox Christians
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patriarch
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in church history, an important christian bishop or leader; today, the head of an independent Eastern Orthodox church or of the Armenian Apostolic Church
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pogrom
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in czarist Russia, an attack on Jews carried out by government troops or officials
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socialist realism
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in the Soviet Union, realistic style of art and literature that glorified Soviet ideals and goals
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