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Tyranny |
Coercive rule, usually by one person |
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Siberia |
From Russian for "North"; that part of Russia east of the Ural Mountains |
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Constantinople |
Capital of Byzantium, conquered by Turks in 1453 |
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Cyrillic |
Greek-based alphabet of eastern Slavic country |
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Tatar: |
Mongol-origin tribes who ruled Russia for centuries(Not Tarttar) |
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Ukraine: |
From Slavic for "Borderland"; region south of Russia, now independent |
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Exclave: |
Part of country separated from main territory |
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Tsar: |
From "Caesar"; Russia's emperor; sometimes spelled, old polish style czar |
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Autocracy: |
Absolute rule of one person in a centralized state |
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Caesaropapism |
Combining the top civil ruler (Caesar) with the top spiritual leader(pope) as in Russia's Tsar |
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Westernizers: |
Nineteenth-Century Russian's who wished to copy the West |
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Slavophiles: |
Nineteenth-Century Russians who wished to develop Russia along native, non-Western lines; also known as "Russophiles" |
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Imperialism: |
Powerful countries turning other lands into countries |
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Zemstyo: |
Local parliament in old Russia |
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Narodniki: |
From Russian for "People" narod; radical populist agitators of late 19th century Russia |
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Anarchism |
Radical ideology seeking to overthrow all conventional forms of gov |
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Proletariat: |
According to marx, class of industrial workers |
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Communism: |
Economic theories of Marx combined with organization of Lemin |
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Bloshevik: |
"Majority" in Russian; early name for Soviet Communist party |
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Duma: |
Russia's national parliament |
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Gensek: |
Russian abréviation for "General secretary"; powerful CPSU chief |
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CPSU |
Communist part of Sov Union |
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Paranoia |
Unreasonable suspicions of others |
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Purge: |
Stalin's "cleansing" of suspicious elements by firing squad |
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Cold War: |
Period of armed tension and competition between the US and the soviet union, approx 1947-1989 |
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War Communism: |
Temporary strict socialism in Russia, 1918-1921 |
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New Economic Policy (NEP) |
Lenin's economic policy that allowed private activity, 1921-1929 |
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Fiver-Year plans: |
Stalin's forced industrialization of the Soviet Union, starting in 1928 |
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Capital Goods |
implements used to make other things |
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Consumer goods: |
Things people use, such as food, clothing and housing |
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Weak State: |
One unable to govern effectively; corrupt and crime-ridden |
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Central Committee: |
Large, next-to-top governing body of most communist parties |
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Apparatchik: |
"Man of the apparatus"; full-time CPSU functionary |
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Politburo: |
"Political bureau"; small, top governing body of most Communist parties |
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Republic: |
First-order civil division of Communist federal systems, equivalent to US states |
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Nomenklatura |
List of sensitive positions and people eligible to fill them, the soviet elite |
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Gulag: |
The Soviet central prisons administration |
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Silovski |
"Strong-men", security officials, who now control Russia |
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gosplan |
Soviet central economic planning agency |
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State Duma |
Lower house of Russia's parliament |
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Oligarchy: |
Rule by a few |
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Kleptocracy |
Rule by thieves |
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Rump State |
Leftover portions of a country after dismemberment |
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Glasnost: |
Gorbachev's policy of media openness |
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Civil Society: |
association larger than the family but not part of the government, and the pluralistic values that come with them |
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Socialize |
To teach political culture, often informally |
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Contradiction |
In Marxism, a big, incurable problem that rips the system apart |
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Caucasus: |
Mountainous region between black and Caspian sea |
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Central Asia: |
Region between Caspian Sea and China |
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Cult of Personality: |
Dictator who has himself worshipped |
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Shock therapy: |
Sudden replacement of socialist economy by market economy |
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Totalitarianism:
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Attempts to totally control society, as under Stalin and Hitler |
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Authoritarianism:
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Dictatorial rejection of democracy but milder than totalitarianism |
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Perestroika: |
Russian for "Restructuring"; Gorbachev's proposal to reform the soviet economy |
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Runaway System: |
Influential people use their resources to amass more resources |
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Input-Output table: |
Spreadsheet for economy of entire nation |
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Infant Mortality rate: |
Number of live newborns who die in their first year, per thousand, standard measure of nation's health |
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Asset Stripping |
Selling off firm's property and raw materials for short-term profit |
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Public Finances: |
What a government takes in, what it spends, and how it makes up the difference |
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Flight Capital |
Money that the owner sends out of the country for fear of losing it |
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Hard Currency: |
Noninflating, recognized currencies used in international dealings, such as dollars and euros |
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Default |
Country announces that it cannot pay back a loan |
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Geopolitics: |
Influence of Geography on politics and use of geography for strategic ends |
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North Caucasus: |
Mountainous region north of Georgia and Azerbaijan, including Checknya |
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Middle-Way |
Supposed blend of Capitalism and Socialism; also called "Third-Way" |
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Current-Account Balance: |
A country's exports minus its imports |