Chapter 30 Word Bank Flashcards
Soviets
Councils of workers, soldiers and intellectuals
Vladimir Lenin
Appointed first prime minister of Soviet Union
Leon Trotsky
Head of Petrograd Soviet
October Revolution
Overthrew provisional government
Bolsheviks
Changed their name to Communists in 1918
Russian Civil War
Russia was left drained and exhausted
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Galvanized anti-Bolshevik groups
New Economic Policy
Permitted return of some Capitalist practices
Joseph Stalin
Won ensuing power struggle
Five Year Plans
Stalin’s attempt to industrialize Russia
Collectivization
Resulted in ten million deaths
Kulaks
Prosperous peasants
The Great Purge
Designed to eliminate dissident members of the Communist Party
Hirohito
Ruled for 63 years
Benito Mussolini
Credited with starting the Fascist Party