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Russian_Revolution

Russian Revolution Terms

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Bolshevik Revolution Bolshevik proletariat storm the Czar's Winter palace and capture Nicholas II and his family. All are executed.
Leon Trotsky Prominent Bolshevik Party member who competes with Stalin for rule. Exiled from the Soviet Union by Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin Creator and leader of the Bolshevik Party in Russia. becomes first leader of the Soviet Union in 1917
New Economic Plan (NEP) Economic policy proposed by Lenin to slowly modernize Russia. Peasants could sell their extra crops and some businesses were privately owned (while others were owned by the government)
"Peace, Bread and Land" Slogan promised by Lenin to the Russian people. Peace - Russia would leave World War I Bread - Food Land - Redistribute land to the serfs originally owned by the Orthodox Church and Nobles
Proletariat Lower working class of a society
Bloody Sunday Protest of 200,000 angry proliteriat demanding more workers rights and freedoms outside the Czar's Winter palace. Czar Nicholas II soldiers open fire on the crowd killing many. Creates riots throughout Russia
Collectivization Policy proposed by Stalin. All privately owned farms were taken from the peasants to create large, more efficient and industrialized ones. Peasants then forced to work on them.
Five year Plans Stalin's plans to quickly modernize(industrialize) the Soviet Union. Greatly increases coal, electricity, oil and steel production after 1940.
Great Terror/Purge Stalin "purges"(removes) all who oppose him. Millions either executed or sent to gulags to work and die. Death toll: 20 million Soviet people.
KGB Stalin's secret police. Help carry out the great Terror/Purge.
Gulags Work camps where prisoners work in horrible conditions (Freezing temperatures, little food). Most inmates die within 2 years
Joseph Stalin Second leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin. Rules with an iron fist but modernizes the Soviet Union
Karl Marx Father of communism. Writes the "Communist Manifesto" with Engels in 1842. His beliefs are adopted by the Bolshevik (Communist)party in Russia.
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