Totalitarian Leader who over his nearly 20 year rule set an example for cruelty and absolute control for all Russian rulers for the next 50 years. Has an ism
Who is Joseph Stalin
100
This Soviet committee set economic goals for the Union.
What is Gosplan
100
Form of internal organization within parties where if the party voted on a certain policy and it won the whole party would be expected to uphold it regardless of previous opposition.
What is Democratic centralism?
200
First leader of the Soviet Union, added his own name -ism to go along with Marxism
Who is Vladimir Lenin
200
This policy allows workers to purchase stock in the newly formed companies they work for.
What is Insider Privatization.
200
Political concept where citizens work together to advance common interests; separated from both government and business. Volunteering is essential to it.
What is Civil Society?
300
The first president of the Russian Federation (hint not Putin)
Who is Boris Yeltsin
300
This man was a powerful Oligarch who was arrested and imprisoned in 2003.
Who is Khordokovsky?
300
Networks made by political leaders where they trade goods for political support.
What are Clientelistic Networks?
400
Russian leader who has been serving as president on and off since 1999. His announcement for seeking a third term has sparked large scale protest demanding election reform. The current President
Who is Vladimir Putin
400
A collection of criminal organizations that places a drain on the economy by requiring protection payments from companies.
What is the Mafia
400
Where certain sub-states have more power than other sub-states even though they are constitutionally equal.
What is Asymmetrical federalism?
500
The General Secretary of the Communist Party who was called out by Reagan, carried out many reforms and cooled Cold War tension right until the end of the Soviet Union
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev
500
Economic decisions were made by individual owners under this policy. Led to a competitve economy that responded to the needs of consumers.
What is privatization?
500
The replacement of individual peasant farms with collective farms. Goal was to increase the food supply for urban populations, the supply of raw materials for the processing industry, and agricultural exports.