Russian Revolution Final Exam
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Revolution of 1905 | result of discontent from Russian factory workers and peasants as well as an emerging nationalist sentiment among the empires minorities. |
| V.I. Lenin - Major Ideas | major ideas: read Karl Marx and spread his ideas; made dictatorship of proletariat |
| New Economic Policy | Policy proclaimed by Vladimir Lenin in 1924 to encourage the revival of the Soviet economy by allowing small private enterprises. Joseph Stalin ended the N.E.P. in 1928 and replaced it with a series of Five-Year Plans. (See also Lenin, Vladimir.) (p. 766) |
| Joseph Stalin - Rise to power | Rise to power: Lenin dies; Stalin took power because of superior political connections |
| Five Year Plans | Plans that Joseph Stalin introduced to industrialize the Soviet Union rapidly, beginning in 1928. They set goals for the output of steel, electricity, machinery, and most other products and were enforced by the police powers of the state. |
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