DS Vocabulary Flashcards
1
Q
kulak
A
More prosperous class of peasants introduced in 1906
2
Q
mir
A
village commune
3
Q
zemstva
A
District council
4
Q
Cossack
A
a mounted soldier serving in a unit drafted from Cossack communities
5
Q
kolkhoz
A
a collective farm
6
Q
sovkhoz
A
a state-owned farm
7
Q
okhrana
A
The Tsar’s Secret Police
8
Q
cheka
A
Lenin’s secret police from 1917 to 1922
9
Q
OGPU
A
The secret police from 1922 to 1934
10
Q
NKVD
A
The secret police from 1934 to 1946
11
Q
holodomor
A
death by starvation
12
Q
izvestiya
A
Newspaper controlled by the state launched in February 1917
13
Q
Pravda
A
Truth - a propaganda paper made by Stalin
14
Q
Vozhd
A
The Boss
