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Russia Flashcards

1
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Reforms that Yeltsin advocated which punted the country in the direction of democracy and a free market economy

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Shock therapy

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2
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Wealthy who manipulate governement

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Oligarchy

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3
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He succeeded Putin as President but Putin still held power as PM

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Dimitri Medvedev

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4
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This provided legitimacy for the communist party

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Marxism Leninism

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5
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Rule by a few instead of the many

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Democratic centralism

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6
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Lower house of legislature

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Duma

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7
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Cultural diversity

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Cultural heterogeneity

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8
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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

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9
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This group seized power in 1917 and renamed the country the Union of soviet socialist republics

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Bolsheviks

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10
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Instead of individualism, Russians value this

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Statism

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11
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The western world favors this, spheres of privacy free from control by the state

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Civil society

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12
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Gorbachev initiated this which placed an emphasis on freedom of press and speech

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Glasnost

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13
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Tsars headed this, making them the head of both state and church

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Russian Orthodox Church

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14
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One who rules absolutely but with clear goals for the country in mind aka Catherine the great

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Enlightened despot

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15
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Russians who disagreed with the tsars erupted into this which was crushed by Nicholas 1

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Decemberist revolt of 1825

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16
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Regional assemblies

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Zemstvas

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17
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Led by Russian military leaders and funded by the allied powers- fought in 1918 civil war

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White army

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18
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Led by Lenin- fought in 1918 civil war

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Red army

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19
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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

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20
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Process of party members selecting promising recruits from the lower levels

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Nomenklatura

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21
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Top government officials(300) party leaders who met twice a year

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Central committee

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22
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Above the central committee, heart and soul of communist party

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Politburo

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23
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Head of politburo who assumed full power as dictator of the country i.e. Stalin

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General secretary

24
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Staking plan for industrialization had two parts

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Collectivization and industrialization

25
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Farm peasant rebels who resisted collectivization

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Kulaks

26
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This plan of Stalin set goals for production of heavy industry

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Five year plan

27
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Central state planning commission

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Gosplan

28
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Two pronged program carried out by central planning and executed with force and brutality

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Stalinism

29
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First president of the Russian federation

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Boris Yeltsin

30
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Stalins execution of disloyal people

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Purges

31
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Successor of Stalin in 1953- gave secret speech

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Nikita Khrushchev

32
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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

33
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After failure of Cuban middle crisis Khrushchev was replaced by him

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Leonid Brezhnev

34
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After Brezhnev died he was replaced by him who was more western: his program included glasnost, democratization, and perestroika

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Gorbachev

35
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Openness

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Glasnost

36
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Led by Yeltsin, attempted to remove Gorbachev from power

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Revolution of 1991

37
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Primarily Muslim region that has been fighting for independence

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Chechnya

38
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Most important Russian federation cleavage

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Nationality

39
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Most Muslims are concentrated in these areas

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Moscow, Caucasus, Bashkortostan, Tatarstan

40
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Largest youth movement puppets of Putin

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Basho

41
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Some regions are stronger than others so power is devolved unequally across the country

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Asymmetric federalism

42
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Russia’s government structure

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Federal government structure

43
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Main party of Russia- Putin, leans towards privatization, oppose oligarchy, Nashi

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United Russia

44
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Modern communist party, nationalize business

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Communist party of the Russian federation

45
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Anti Putin party, guaranteed individual rights

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Just Russia

46
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Shut down communist party, supports statism, build a prosperous Russia

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Patriots of Russia

47
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Party of a traditional mindset

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Liberal democrats

48
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Parties strongly sponsored by economic and political power holders

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Parties of power

49
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State determines which groups have input into policymaking

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State corporatism

50
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When either government controlled companies or companies run by men loyal to the president are the beneficiaries

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Insider privatization

51
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Official newspaper of the Soviet Union

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Pravda

52
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Structure of government is this

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Semi presidential

53
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Upper house of legislature which mainly has the power to delay legislature

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Federation council

54
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Judicial system that is not controlled by the executive(president picks the 19 members though)

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Constitutional court

55
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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

56
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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

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