russian revolution
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nissenbaumreb on April 15, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 socialist | An individual who believes in which the government control parts of the economy. While they own all property and operate all businesses. |
| Stalin | soviet leader who brought all economic activity under government control |
| Marx | believe that class struggle was inevitable |
| Bolsheviks | Russia's Communists, Followers of Lenin, dont want a monarchy, under lenin |
| Kulaks | people who rented more land and hired others to work for them |
| soviets | councils of workers and soldiers |
| Trotsky | Russian Communist led his comrades during Revolution, later served as a leader of the Soviet Union under Lenin. After Lenin's death, Trotsky was assassinated by an ax murderer. |
| march rev | getting rid of government and putting it into communism |
| november rev | getting rid of monarchy |
| great purge | reign of terrer, stalin fought agains bolsheviks |
| reds | bolsheviks |
| whites | still want the monarchy |
| communism | every body has to be equal |
| 5 year plans | stalin brought all economic activity under gov control. soviet union developed command economy, where gov officials made all main economic decisisons |
| why do revolutions begin? | -mistreated people -economy crash -bad leadership |
| how can one predict a revolution? | -if country is financially stable. they have a better chance of avioiding rev -inequality in society |
| how do people conduct a rev? | -much violence -physically overthrowing their leader |
| how does the rev affect society? | -new social structure -much deaths |
| how does rev affect personal identity? | -may have to comprimise beleifs -may beleive that their county is better then everyones else (nationalism) |
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