Key Terms Flashcards
Define ‘state’
a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.
Define ‘Tsarism’
A system where the Tsar is in complete control
Define a ‘Bolshevik’
a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which seized power in the October Revolution of 1917.
Define ‘Bourgeoisie’
middle class
Define ‘Proletariat’
Working class
Define ‘Marxism’
the political and economic theories of Karl Marx
Define ‘Marxism-Leninism’
the political and economic theories of Lenin based on Marx’s original theories, BUT NOT THE SAME
Define ‘Socialism’
A political theory where the government owns everything and distributes the countries resources where they are needed.
Define ‘NEP’
New Economic Policy- peasants were allowed to sell some of their produce for profit and small traders were allowed to run businesses.
Define ‘Political Party’
A group of people with similar politic ideas and theories who seek to lead their nation.
Define ‘Sovnarkom’
Was a government institution formed shortly after the October Revolution in 1917.
define ‘politburo’
The principal policy making committee of a communist party.
define ‘War Communism’
Was the economic and political system that existed in Soviet Russia during the Russian Civil War, from 1918 to 1921
