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Comparitive Politics Russia D.Palm
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 4
10/13/2010

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Russian Prime Minister
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Vladimir Putin
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Russian President
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Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev
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Major Parties
Definition
United Russia, Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, & Fair Russia
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tsar
Definition
Russia's emperor; sometimes spelled old Polish style, czar
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autocracy
Definition
absolute rule of one person in a centralized state
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caesaropapism
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combining the top civil ruler with the top spiritual ruler as in Russia's tsars
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communism
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economic theories of Marx combined with organizations of Lenin
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bolshevik
Definition
"Majority" in Russia; early name for Soviet Communist party
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Duma
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Russia's national parliament
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Gensek
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Russian abbreviation for "general secretary"; powerful CPSU chief
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CPSU
Definition
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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Paranoia
Definition
unreasonable suspicion of others
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Purge
Definition
Stalin's "cleansing" of suspicious elements by firing squad
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War communism
Definition
temporary strict socialism in Russia 1918-1921
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New economic Policy
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Lenin's economic policy that allowed private activity 1921-1928
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Five Year Plans
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Stalin's forced industrialization of the soviet Union, starting in 1928
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Capital goods
Definition
implements used to make other things
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Capital goods
Definition
implements used to make other things
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consumer goods
Definition
things people use, such as food, clothing, and housing
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Weak state
Definition
one unable to govern effectively; currupt and crime ridden...
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