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war communism |
name given to the economic system that existed in russia from 1918-21. introduced b y Lenin to combat the economic problems brough on by the civil war in russia. failed. |
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New Economic Policy(NEP) |
introduced to replace the failed policy of war communism. nep brought some form of economic sense back to russia's economy. |
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comintern |
the communist international. an international communist organization initiated in moscow 1919. established as a way for the soviet union to "export revolution abroad" in its policy of overthrow legitimate regimes, ti aid communist parties for espionage. |
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nationalization |
to bring under the ownership or control of a nation. |
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constituent assembly 1918 |
popularly elected body that convened in 1918 in petrograd to write a constitution and form a gov for russia. dissolved by the bolshevik gov. |
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cheka |
officially called the all russian extraordinary commission for struggle against counter revolution, sabotage and speculation. originally a forced designed to facilitate bolshevik control by stopping looting.secret police of russia. |
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treaty of brest-litovsk |
brought about the end of the war between russia and germany in 1918. |
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kronstadt rebellion of 1921 |
Kronstadt is a naval base on Kotlin Island in the Gulf of Finland, about 18 miles west of St Petersburg/Petrograd. The sailors there were young and literate. The March Revolution of 1917 there had been one of the bloodiest uprisings in Russia, with the sailors massacring hundreds of their officers. |
