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who was the leader of the provisional government, which the communists overthrew
kerensky
how did lenin get back into russia after world war I began
he was smuggled in by the Germans
what idea did lenin add to the theories of karl marx
that violent revolution could speed the creation of the classless society
what was lenin's name for the pure form of communism he first tried to impose? when it failed, what policy did he replace it with
war communism; new economic policy
what does
stalin
mean
man of steel
what was stalin's name for his plans to improve soviet industry
five year plans
what is meant by the "collectivization" of agriculture
collectivation: taking land from farm owners, joining them into large gov-owned farms and assigning farmers to work them
during world war II, what soviet city was the site of a lengthy german siege
leningrad
what battle was the turning point of the war for the soviet union
battle of stalingrad
what did stalin do in eastern europe after world war II
he forced communist governments on the nations of that region and brought them under soviet domination
what is the phrase describing the period of competition between to communnist world and the free world from the end of world war II to the 1980s
cold war
who wrote
one day in the life of war danisovich
solzhentsyn
in what eastern european nation did khrushchev crush a democratic uprising in the 1950s
hungry
what island nearly became the cause of war between the united states and the USSR
cuba
what neighboring nation did the soviet union invade in 1979
afghanistan
what is the official religious belief of communism
atheism
what was the state church of russia
russian orthodox church
among what religious-ethnic group did the russian baptists orginate
german-speaking mennonites
stalin got rid of people he thought were conspiring against him by______
purges
one of the cruelest dictators in history
stalin
who replaced stalin and announced he was making a policy of "de-stalinization"
khrushchev
people who criticized the soviet government
dissidents
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Updated
2010-04-30T21:19:28Z
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