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Russian Revolution & Totalitarian Dicatators
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History
10th Grade
04/21/2017

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1. Adolf Hitler

 

The German politician, Adolf Hitler lead the Nazi party. 

Definition
Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945 [image]
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2. Atheism

 

The belief of Atheism was the most common throughout Russia. 

Definition

the belief that there is no god

 

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3. Benito Mussolini

 

The veterans were organized by Benito Mussolini who is also known as the boss. 

Definition

He organized veterans and other discontented Italians into Fascist Party; "il Duce": the boss

 

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4. Black Shirts

 

The Black shirts supporrt Mussolini.

Definition

party militants and supporters of Mussolini who rejected the democratic process in favor of violent actions

 

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5. Bolsheviks

 

Vladimir Lenin lead the Bolsheviks would would seize power in Russia. 

Definition

A party of revolutionary Marxists, led by Vladimir Lenin, who seized power in Russia in 1917.

 

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6. chancellor

 

The chancellor would draft a constitution which set up a parliment. 

Definition

in 1919, German leaders drafted a constitution in the city of Wiemar. It created the Wiemar Republic. The constitution set up a parliamentary system led by a Prime Minister; appointed by & reports to the President

 

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7. Cheka

 

The Cheka was a sevret police who executed thousands of people. 

Definition

secret police, formed by Lenin and the Bolsheviks: made arrests, tortured and executed thousands, took hostages in areas that favored the Whites, ran concentration camps, executed thousands, including the former Tsar Nicolas II and his family

 

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8. collectives

 

The collectives affected the peasants who would now own large farms as a group. 

Definition

Stalin wanted all peasants to farm on state-owned farms, or large farms owned by peasants as a group

 

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9. Comintern

 

The Comintern was formed in 1919. 

Definition

Lenin formed the Communist International, an association of Communist parties founded in 1919 by Russian Bolshevik leader Lenin, to promote the spread of the revolution and the preaching of communist principles throughout Europe. 

 

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10. Command Economy

 

In Command Economy government officials would control economic decisions. 

Definition

the Soviet Union developed a system in which the government officials made all basic economic decisions

 

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11. Fascism

 

Facism stresses the importance of state needs over individual needs. 

Definition

centralized, authoritarian government that is not communist whose polices glorify the state over individual and are destructive to basic human rights

 

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12. Führer

 

Fuhrer means leader and refers to Hitler. 

Definition

the unique name granted by Hitler to himself, german term meaning "leader" or "guide", Hitler modeled the title after Benito Mussolini's use of il Duce.

 

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13. Gestapo

 

Gestapo stands for the German Secret State Police. 

Definition

German acronym for the German Secret State Police, part of the SS notorious for terrorism against enemies of the state.

 

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14. Gulag

 

Gulags would critic Stalin and would be sent to labor camps as punishment.

Definition

grumblers, or critics of Stalin, were rounded up and sent to a system of brutal labor camps

 

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15. Karl Marx

 

Karl Marz predicted that communism would replace capitalism.

Definition

Often recognized as the "father of communism"; believed that communism would replace capitalism, believed in a classless society. (1818-1883)

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16. Joseph Stalin

 

The totalitarian state was created by Joseph Stalin who would purge all opposition. 

Definition
Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition; "man of steel" (1879-1953)[image]
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17. Kulaks

 

Wealthy farmers were known as Kulaks

Definition

wealthy farmers

 

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18. Lenin

 

Lenin was well knon for several things including dounding the Communist Party. 

Definition

Founded the Communist Party in Russia and set up the world's first Communist Party dictatorship. He led the October Revolution of 1917, in which the Communists seized power in Russia. He then ruled the country until his death in 1924.

 

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19. March on Rome

 

Tens of thousands people participated in the March on Rome. 

Definition

tens of thousands of fascists swarmed towards Rome. Fearing civil war, king Victor Emmanuel III asked Mussolini to form a government as Prime Minister

 

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20. Nuremburg Laws

 

Nuremburg laws passed by the nazis created restrictions on Jews. 

Definition

in 1935, the Nazis passed these laws which deprived Jews of German citizenship and placed several restrictions on them, including: being prohibited from marrying non-Jews, attending or teaching at German schools, holding government jobs, practicing law or medicine, or publishing books 

 

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21. Proletariat

 

An exploited class is a proletariat

Definition

Marx's term for the exploited class, the mass of workers who do not own the means of production; the working class

 

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22. Ruhr Valley

 

France took over Ruhr Valley when Germany did not complete the reparations in time. 

Definition

in 1923, Germany fell behind in reparations payments so France occupied the coal- rich Ruhr valley

 

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23. Russification

 

Russification is when the nationalities are being trantitioned to more of a Russian culture. 

Definition

making a nationalities culture more Russian

 

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24. Socialist Realism

 

Socialist Realsim is the style of art that artists needed to adapt to. 

Definition

Stalin required artists and writers to conform to a style in which the goal was to boost socialism by showing Soviet life in a positive light

 

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25. Soviets

 

The soviets are workers or soldiers. 

Definition

councils of workers and soldiers

 

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26. Totalitarian state

 

The first form of government in Russia was Totalitarian state. 

Definition

Mussolini practiced the first form of government, a one party dictatorship that attempts to regulate every aspect of the lives of its citizens

 

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27. Third Reich

 

 

Hitler would brag about the Third Reich.

Definition

Hitler boasted that under his new empire the German master race would dominate Europe for a thousand years

 

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