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Flashcards by Holly Reuben, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Holly Reuben
over 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| POLITBURO | POLITICAL BUREAU OF RUSSIAN COMMUNIST PARTY |
| PROLETARIAT | WORKERS IN INDUSTRY |
| WAR COMMUNISM | NAME GIVEN TO BOLSHEVIK PARTY IN CIVIL WAR |
| DUMA | RUSSIAN EQUIVALENT TO A PARLIAMENT (HAD LITTLE POWER) |
| NEW ECONOMIC POLICY | CHANGE IN BOLSHEVIK ECONOMIC POLICY DUE TO FAILURE OF WAR COMMUNISM |
| PETROGUARD | NEW NAME FOR ST PETERSBURG (IN WW1) |
| KREMLIN | HEADQUARTERS OF COMMUNIST PARTY IN MOSCOW |
| KRONSTADIT | SITE OF FAMOUS NAVAL MUTING IN MARCH 1921 |
| MENSHEVIKS | MORE MODERATE WING OF THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY (MINORITY) |
| BELSHEVIKS | MORE RADICAL MARXIST GROUP LED BY LENIN (MAJORITY) |
| APRIL THESIS | PROGRAM OF LENIN ON HIS RETURN TO RUSSIA |
| NORODNIKS | POPULISTS |
| BREST-LITOVSK | TOWN WHERE THE TREATY WAS SIGNED BETWEEN RUSSIA AND GERMANY |
| PRAVDA | NEWSPAPER OF THE RUSSIAN COMMUNIST PARTY |
| RED GUARDS | ARMED WORKERS |
| COMMISSAR | NAME OF HEAD OF A GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT, 'MINISTER'. |
| WHITE RUSSIANS | THE FORCES OF THE COUNTER-REVOLUTION |
| ZEMSTVAS | ELECTED RURAL COUNCILS |
| SOVIET | COUNCIL OF WORKERS AND SOLDIERS |
| OCTOBER MANIFESTO | A PROGRAM OF REFORM |
| ALL RUSSIAN CONGRESS OF SOVIETS | ASSEMBLY OF DELEGATES |
| ANARCHISM | PHILOSOPHY THAT ADVOCATED THE DESTRUCTION OF ALL FORMS OF GOVERNMENT |
| CADETS | CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATS |
| KULAKS | WEALTHY PEASANTS THAT REFUSED ACCEPTANCE TO COLLECTIVISATION |
| KOLKHOZ | COLLECTIVE FORM DURING THE TIME OF STALIN |
| ISKRA | BOLSHEVIK PAPER EDITED BY LENIN |
| IZVESTIA | OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE SOVIET UNION |
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