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Industrialization
transition to new manufacturing processes -
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Russian Revolution
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Karl Marx
German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist, and revolutionary scientist -
Marxism
method of socioeconomic analysis -
Leon Trotsky
arxist revolutionary and theorist, Soviet politician, and the founding leader of the Red Arm -
Alexander III
to wipe out revolutionaries, he used harsh measures by having strict censorship codes, secret police, and exiled any political prisoners -
Nicholas II
refused to surrender his power as czar, but forces over rode his pledge to preserve Russia’s past -
Russian Orthodox Church
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Bolsheviks
A Russian group who were willing to sacrifice everything for a radical change -
Vladimir Lenin
A Russian group who were willing to sacrifice everything for a radical change -
Bloody Sunday
Nicholas II ordered his soldiers to kill the crowd of people who were gathered at czar's Winter Palace, 500-1,000 people died -
WWl
war between Russia an other European countries -
Autocracy
a system of government ruled by one person with absolute power -
Soviets
Local councils who consisted of workers, peasants, and soldiers -
Bolshevik Revolution
Vladmir Lenin and the Bolsheviks seized power by gaining control of the Petrograd soviet -
Bolshevik Red Guards
volunteer armed bands formed by industrial workers in the cities during the Russian Revolution -
White Army
the opposing army that the Bolsheviks would face in battle -
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Peace Treaty between the new Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ottoman Empire) -
Proletariat
Workers or working-class people, regarded collectively -
Communism
social, political, and economical movement -
New Economic Policy (NEP)
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Marxist–Leninist state on the Eurasian continent -
Totalitarianism
government that takes total state control over every aspect of public and private life -
Josef Stalin
reated a myth that he was the countries father and savior and took the lives of millions of Russians -
Communist Party
second largest political party in Russia -
Totalitarianism
government that takes total state control over every aspect of public and private life -
Josef Stalin
created a myth that he was the countries father and savior and took the lives of millions of Russians -
Command Economy
a system where the government makes all economic needs decisions -
Five Year Plans
List of economic goals, created by General Secretary Joseph Stalin and based on his policy of Socialism in One Country -
Great Purge
Campaign of terror that was directed to anyone who threatened Staflin’s power -
Propaganda
biased and incomplete information used to sway people to accept certain beliefs or actions -
Censorship
Many soviet artists had censorship by having newspapers, motion picture, radios, and other sources controlled