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world civ
ww2
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Undergraduate 2
12/05/2011

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communism
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type of socialism. common ownership of wealth, state will 'whither away'. russia was the first to try for this form of gov.
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socialism
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every one is equal, cooperation, even in the work place.
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karl marx
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father of communism, late 1800's, wrote Communist Manifesto.
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3 social antagonisms
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1) majority were peasants tied to land
2) industrialization
3) old and new ideas mixing
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revolutions
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in Feb/March and October in Russia, 1914
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Social Dem Party
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marxists, supported by urban industrial workers. wanted to get rid of Tsar and capitalism.
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2 groups of soc dem party
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mensheviks were the gradual and legal changing group and the bolsheviks were the radical and violent group (lenin)
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Social Revolutionary Party
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made up of peasants and the largest of the parties wanted agrarian socialism with power put back in village governments, an extension of civil liberties, they were the most active
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Liberals (kadets)
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most professional party, made of the middle class. wanted moderate reforms including a constitutional monarchy, extension of basic human rights, and an end to bureaucracy. wanted to do so non violently.
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October Manifesto
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Nicholas addressed the political parties with a facade of promises to ease discontent in which he allows some of the changes to be made. this and the impact of WW2 led to the fall of the tsardom.
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petrograd
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provisional short term gov of russia.
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duma
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legislative party promised by nicholas
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april thesis
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preached by lenin to encourage the bolsheviks after they overthrow the provisional gov
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Stalin
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leader after Lenin, beat Trotsky. instituted a revolution from above with year plans
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great terror
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stalins way of consolidating power and cleaning house to get rid of anyone contesting his power
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gulag
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forced labor camp for political
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nikita kruhschev
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denounced stalin's practices in favor of Lenin, doesnt like totalitarianism
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potsdam
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final peace talk after the war was over.
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