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Russian Revolution
Russian Revolution
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History
10th Grade
01/05/2013

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Term
Proletariat
Definition
In Marxist theory, the group of workers who would overthrow the czar and come to rule Russia
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Bolsheviks
Definition
A group of revolutionary Russian Marxists who took control of Russia’s government.
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Provisional Government
Definition
A temporary government
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Soviet
Definition
One of the local representative councils formed in Russia after the downfall of Csar Nicolas II.
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Communist Party
Definition
A political party practicing the ideas of Karl Marx and Lenin; originally the Russian Bolshevik Party
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Great Purge
Definition
A campaign of terror in the Soviet Union during the 1930’s in which Joseph Stalin sought to eliminate all Communist party members and other citizens who threatened his power.
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Totalitarianism
Definition
Government control over every aspect of public and private life.
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Command Economy
Definition
An economic system in which the government makes all economic decisions.
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Five-Year Plans
Definition
Plans outlined by Joseph Stalin in 1928 for the development of the Soviet Union’s economy.
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Collective Farm
Definition
A large government-controlled farm formed by combining many small farms.
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Csar Nicolas II
Definition
Last Russian Csar who continued the tradition of Russian autocracy.
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Lenin
Definition
Leader of the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution
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Rasputin
Definition
A “Holy Man” who was given political power for helping cure Csar Nicolas’ son.
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Joseph Stalin
Definition
“Man of Steel” who took control of the Soviet Union after Lenin’s death.
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Gulag
Definition
Prison camps in the Soviet Union.
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