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Stack #5278
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bolsheviks | radical revolutionary political party organized by lenin |
| reds | name given to the communists because the color red had been associated with revolutionary socialists |
| whites | various groups including army officers, nobles, and people from other classes opposed to communist control of Russian gov't |
| Leon Trotsky | close associate of lenin who helped organize bolshevik takeover of russian gov't |
| War Communism | policy that included the nationalization of most industries, railroads, banks. Policy established by lenin to meet emergencies of civil war |
| new economic policy | lenin's program to rebuild russian economy after civil war |
| cheka | secret police created by communists to eliminate enemies of state |
| soviet | council of workers, soldiers, and intellectuals formed by radical revolutionaries |
| U.S.S.R. | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| Joseph Stalin | Russian dictator. The soul ruler of Soviet Union from 1927-1953 |
| totalitarian state | single party dictatorship in which the gov't controls all aspects of lives of its citizens |
| five-year plan | stalin's economic program which set specific production goals for industry and agriculture |
| collective farm | large gov't run farms |
| kulaks | prosperous russian peasents who did not want to give up their farms |
| comintern | international organization of communist parties pledged to a world revolution |
| gulags | cruel soviet labor camps |
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