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U5:W3 - E. Europe

Eastern Europe's Political Issues

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February Revolution the revolution against the Czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March 1917
October Revolution Bolsheviks led by Leon Trotsky and Vladimir Lenin claimed power in name of the soviets and proclaimed a full-scale revolution with support of workers and troops
Vladimir Lenin Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924).
Joseph Stalin Bolshevik revolutionary, head of the Soviet Communists after 1924, and dictator of the Soviet Union from 1928 to 1953. He led the Soviet Union with an iron fist, using Five-Year Plans to increase industrial production and terror to crush opposition
Bolsheviks A party of revolutionary Marxists, led by Vladimir Lenin, who seized power in Russia in 1917.
Karl Marx 1818-1883. 19th century philosopher, political economist, sociologist, humanist, political theorist, and revolutionary. Often recognized as the father of communism. Believed in a classless society.
Marxism The economic and political theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will ultimately be superseded
Communism A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
Collective Farms Government owned farms, workers were paid by government and they shared profits from products.
Gulags Forced labor camps set up by Stalin in easter Russia. Dissidents were sent to the camps, where conditions were generally brutal. Millions died.
Operation Barbarossa Codename for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II.
Eastern Bloc Soviet allies in eastern Europe, including Bulgaria, Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Hungary.
Cold War A conflict that was between the US and the Soviet Union. The nations never directly confronted each other on the battlefield but deadly threats went on for years.
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