Totalitarian Flashcards
The complete and utter control of the state and the people within it required mass participation
totalitarian
Don’t want mass participation but have limited control due to little technology almost like absolutism
conservative authoritarianism
Know chart world wide dictatorship of the proletariat theoretically peace is the ultimate goal
communism
know chart glorification of the state very nationalistic
fascism
first leader of communist Soviet Union takes Marxism and developed the Marxist lenninest philosophy
lenin
imperialism want a new party led by educated elite to guide the masses into communism, world wide communist movement
marxist-leninist philosophy
a group created in 1919 that was to serve as the guiding group to work toward world wide communism
comintern
total war he first type of socialism in Russia
war communism
secret police
cheka
a group of sailors who use to support the Bolsheviks and the problems with war communism made them revolt. Major reason Lenin issues the NEP
kronstadt rebellion
Lenin allowed limited capitalistic measures and activities government still controlled heavy industry
New Economic policy (NEP)
union of soviet socialist republics
USSR
the second leader of the Soviet Union he was a realist “socialism in one country” won out over Trotsky
Stalin
idea that you firmly establish communism in the Soviet Union before you worry about its spread
“socialism in one country”
other candidate who could have followed Lenin he was more of a theorists had the idea to continue world wide revolution when leaders decided who to support they chose the him
Trotsky
get Russia back on communist track in five years ended the New economic policy and wanted to dramatically increase industrial and agricultural aspects massive urbanization
five-year plans
most costly part of the five plan aimed at the peasants to bring them under total control of the communists state consolidated small farms into large state run farms
collectivization
wealthiest group of peasants who were liquidated and most effected with collectivization
kulaks
apex of soviet power top 70 people in communist party
central committee
a dozen people who made the major policy and personnel definitions
politburo
Stalins title that he created for himself ruled of the Soviet Union
general secretary
a period between 1934 and 1938 resulted in 8 million arrests
“great terror”