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Revolution

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An overthrow and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed

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Marxist

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Believed that the working class and not the peasants would overthrow the ruling classes and equally share countries wealth

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Mensheviks

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We’re minority in social democrats (moderate group) wanted working class to take over but slowly

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Revolution of 1905

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Was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread throughout Roman Empire

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Duma

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Parliament, elected, representative national assembly

Group that wanted constitutional monarchy like Britain

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Constitution

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A set of fundamental principles or established precedents

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Bourgeoisie

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Social class that owns the means of production and does not work

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New Economic Policy

NEP

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Economic policy of Soviet Russia proposed by Lenin, who called it “state capitalism”

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Leon Trotsky

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Was a Marxist revolutionary and theorist

Organizer of 1917 takeover and founder of the red army

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Five year plan

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Stalin’s two revolutions in agriculture and industry

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Collective farms

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Large units worked by hundreds of families

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Social Revolutionaries

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Was a political party who wanted to replace the czar with a democratically elected government
Believed peasants would do it

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Lenin

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Led the social democrats and the red army

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Nicholas II

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The czar who’s mistakes caused the revolution

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Bloody Sunday

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Event where soldiers fired on peaceful protest which prompted the czar to grant the demands of the people, promising more freedom and creation of parliament

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Constitutional Monarchy

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A monarchy governed according to a constitution that limits and defines the powers of the king/queen

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Soviets

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A political organization of elected workers

Radical opposition to the Duma

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Provisional government

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Led by Alexander Kerensky and decided to continue war with Germany because of their treaty with the allies

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USSR

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Lenin’s New political party

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Joseph Stalin

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Was a secretary for the Bolsheviks who then gained power then became dictator and created five year plan
Nickname man of steel

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Agricultural Revolution

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Was as complete and far more brutal than the industrial revolution
Privately owned farms were abolished and replaced with collective farms

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Totalitarian State

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A country in which a dictator or a small group controls every part of the lives of its citizens

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Social Democrats

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We’re Marxists who believed that the working class and not the peasants would overthrow the ruling classes

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Bolsheviks

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We're lenins followers who wanted a small working class to move forward with a revolution led by Marxist
Tightly organized army of a political party
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Russo-Japanease War

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1904, Russia declared war on Japan to gain confidence and shift internal problems to success but they were beaten bad leading to unrest in Russia

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Parliament

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Was the Duma which wanted a constitutional monarchy like Britain

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Legislation

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A law or body of laws enacted

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Proletariat

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the class of wage earning workers in society

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Red army

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Bolshevik army that opposed the white armies

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Communism

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describes the economic system based on centralized planning by the state that would exist after workers had seized power

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Alexander Kerensky

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Only Duma that was a soviet

Led the provisional government

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Industrial Revolution

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Stalin was determined to make the Soviet Union a great industrial power and therefor the government decided who worked where and how long they worked. The secret police executed anyone who didn’t contribute

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Command economy

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All economic decisions were to be made by the government

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*How did the leadership of both Lenin and Stalin impact the Soviet Union in positive and negative ways?

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Lenin created NEP which eliminated monarchy and made people happy but he had to kill to make it successful
Stalin created the 5 year plans that brought success to agriculture and industry but he killed anyone who wouldn’t work

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What does USSR stand for

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Union of Soviets Socialist Republics

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