What is a nationwide plan that centralized economics in the Soviet Union, which was developed by a state planning committee, first implemented by Stalin in 1928.
100
Gorbachev
What is the last Soviet leader, under his reign, the Soviet Union collapsed and the communist party largely dissolved. His policies of perestroika and glasnost contributed to the end of the cold war.
100
Liberal Democrats
What is a liberal political party in the United Kingdom that was formed in 1988 by a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party.
100
Lenin
Who is was one of the leading political figures and revolutionary thinkers of the 20th century, who masterminded the Bolshevik take-over of power in Russia in 1917, and was the architect and first head of the USSR.
200
Gosplan
What is the Russian organization responsible for centralized state planning, and the creator of the five year plans.
200
Glasnost
What is Mikhail Gorbachev’s slogan for government transparency.
200
Illiberal Democracy
What is a governing system in which, although elections take place, citizens are cut off from knowledge about the activities of those who exercise real power because of the lack of civil liberties.
200
Governors
What is the chief executive of each the federal subjects of Russia, not directly subordinate to the federal authorities, but the political and ceremonial head of the federal subject.
300
Khordokovsky
Who is the former oil executive who's company was dismantled at the hands of the Russian government.
What is a term used in relation to Russia to refer to the transformation of Formerly state owned enterprises into joint-stock countries or private enterprises in which majority control of the enterprise is in the hands of employees and/or managers of that enterprise.