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Russia History Words

Study these words for the test on thursday

QuestionAnswer
Proletariat the growing class of factory and railroad workers, miners, and urban wage earners
Checka a secret police for the tsar's .
Commissars Communist party officals assigned to the army to teach party principles and ensure party loyalty.
Command Economy government officials made all the basic economic decisions
Collectives large farms owned and operated by peasants as a group
Kulaks wealthy farmers, were behind the resistance
gulag system of brutal labor camps where many died
Russification making a nationality's culture more Russian
Atheism the belief that there is no god
Comintern Lenin formed the communist International
Soviet other cities; councils of workers and soldiers
What events led to the downfall of the Czar in Russia? 1. Lots of Russians Killed in World War I 2. Because of the economy was so bad, the people were starving, peasants poor, Worst than usual 3. Czar was a bad leader and did nothing to help
What was the Result of the March Revolution? 1. The Czar steps down 2. A new Provisional government with the soviets 3. And the Soviets take control
What were the Results of the November Revolution? 1. The Bolsheviks took control and the communist were in charge 2. End of private ownership of land (no more)
How did the communists defeat the Whites in the Civil War? 1. They used Terror as a weapon. They were very mean 2. They had the Cheka, secrets police. Exacted citizens if they suspected they were for the whites 3. Also had a good army officers. They were strong.
How did the communist state develop under Lenin? 1. He had the N.E.P (New Economic Policy) is that small business were allowed to be opened for profit 2. Peasants could keep small plots of land.He also allowed some capitalism. 3. Government still had control of banks and large factories
What were Stalin's five year plans? 1. Government control over the Economy 2. He had Command Economy 3. He wanted to improve Transportation 4. Increase farm output
What were the effects of the Five Year Plan? 1.Factory Production went up 2. Standard of living went low, Peasants were still poor. 3. He created collectives 4. Food was still short supply
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