Russia

Question 1

Reforms that Yeltsin advocated which punted the country in the direction of democracy and a free market economy

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Shock therapy

Question 2

Wealthy who manipulate governement

Answer 2

Oligarchy

Question 3

He succeeded Putin as President but Putin still held power as PM

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Dimitri Medvedev

Question 4

This provided legitimacy for the communist party

Answer 4

Marxism Leninism

Question 5

Rule by a few instead of the many

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Democratic centralism

Question 6

Lower house of legislature

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Duma

Question 7

Cultural diversity

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Cultural heterogeneity

Question 8

This tsar was in the 17th century and used the western world as a model to modernize Russia

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Peter the great

Question 9

This group seized power in 1917 and renamed the country the Union of soviet socialist republics

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Bolsheviks

Question 10

Instead of individualism, Russians value this

Answer 10

Statism

Question 11

The western world favors this, spheres of privacy free from control by the state

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Civil society

Question 12

Gorbachev initiated this which placed an emphasis on freedom of press and speech

Answer 12

Glasnost

Question 13

Tsars headed this, making them the head of both state and church

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Russian Orthodox Church

Question 14

One who rules absolutely but with clear goals for the country in mind aka Catherine the great

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Enlightened despot

Question 15

Russians who disagreed with the tsars erupted into this which was crushed by Nicholas 1

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Decemberist revolt of 1825

Question 16

Regional assemblies

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Zemstvas

Question 17

Led by Russian military leaders and funded by the allied powers- fought in 1918 civil war

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White army

Question 18

Led by Lenin- fought in 1918 civil war

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Red army

Question 19

Policy of 1920 which allowed a great deal of private ownership to exist under centralized leadership- prosperity to farmers but did not promote industrialization

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New economic policy

Question 20

Process of party members selecting promising recruits from the lower levels

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Nomenklatura

Question 21

Top government officials(300) party leaders who met twice a year

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Central committee

Question 22

Above the central committee, heart and soul of communist party

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Politburo

Question 23

Head of politburo who assumed full power as dictator of the country i.e. Stalin

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General secretary

Question 24

Staking plan for industrialization had two parts

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Collectivization and industrialization

Question 25

Farm peasant rebels who resisted collectivization

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Kulaks

Question 26

This plan of Stalin set goals for production of heavy industry

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Five year plan

Question 27

Central state planning commission

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Gosplan

Question 28

Two pronged program carried out by central planning and executed with force and brutality

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Stalinism

Question 29

First president of the Russian federation

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Boris Yeltsin

Question 30

Stalins execution of disloyal people

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Purges

Question 31

Successor of Stalin in 1953- gave secret speech

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Nikita Khrushchev

Question 32

Process that led to reforms such as loosening government censorship of press, decentralization of economic decision making, and restructuring of collective farms

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DeStalinization

Question 33

After failure of Cuban middle crisis Khrushchev was replaced by him

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Leonid Brezhnev

Question 34

After Brezhnev died he was replaced by him who was more western: his program included glasnost, democratization, and perestroika

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Gorbachev

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Openness

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Glasnost

Question 36

Led by Yeltsin, attempted to remove Gorbachev from power

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Revolution of 1991

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Primarily Muslim region that has been fighting for independence

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Chechnya

Question 38

Most important Russian federation cleavage

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Nationality

Question 39

Most Muslims are concentrated in these areas

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Moscow, Caucasus, Bashkortostan, Tatarstan

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Largest youth movement puppets of Putin

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Basho

Question 41

Some regions are stronger than others so power is devolved unequally across the country

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Asymmetric federalism

Question 42

Russia's government structure

Answer 42

Federal government structure

Question 43

Main party of Russia- Putin, leans towards privatization, oppose oligarchy, Nashi

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United Russia

Question 44

Modern communist party, nationalize business

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Communist party of the Russian federation

Question 45

Anti Putin party, guaranteed individual rights

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Just Russia

Question 46

Shut down communist party, supports statism, build a prosperous Russia

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Patriots of Russia

Question 47

Party of a traditional mindset

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Liberal democrats

Question 48

Parties strongly sponsored by economic and political power holders

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Parties of power

Question 49

State determines which groups have input into policymaking

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State corporatism

Question 50

When either government controlled companies or companies run by men loyal to the president are the beneficiaries

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Insider privatization

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Official newspaper of the Soviet Union

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Pravda

Question 52

Structure of government is this

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Semi presidential

Question 53

Upper house of legislature which mainly has the power to delay legislature

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Federation council

Question 54

Judicial system that is not controlled by the executive(president picks the 19 members though)

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Constitutional court

Question 55

Final court of appeals in criminal and civil cases- cannot challenge constitutionality of laws the constitutional court has that power

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Supreme Court

Question 56

This united the 15 former republics of the Soviet Union and Russia is the clear leader of the group

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Confederation of independent states