Vocabulary
Who's and What's
Revolution
Totalitarianism
Stalin
100
Council of workers and soldiers set up by Russian revolutionaries.
What is a soviet?
100
The Mad Monk
Who is Rasputin?
100
Lenin's real name.
What is Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov?
100
Both Lenin and Stalin wanted to achieve this prediction by Karl Marx.
What is a global revolution?
100
Stalin's economic plans.
What are Five Year Plans?
200
System in which government officials make all basic economic decisions.
What is command economy?
200
"Truth"
What is Pravda?
200
This revolutionary group was more moderate and wanted broad support.
Who are the Mensheviks?
200
Essential in establishing control in a totalitarian state
What is fear/terror?
200
"Man of Steel"
What is Stalin?
300
Artistic style whose goal was to promote socialism by showing Soviet life in a positive light.
What is socialist realism?
300
Commander of the Red Army.
Who is Trotsky?
300
Germany helped Lenin get back into Russia via this.
What is a sealed boxcar?
300
Communist leaders provided this in order to build a modern industrial state.
What is free education/schools?
300
Lasted from 1934-1938. Affected millions.
What is the Great Purge?
400
Working class.
What is the proletariat?
400
Organization established to spread communism around the world.
What is Comintern (Communist International)?
400
Man in charge of the provisional government following the March Revolution.
Who is Kerensky?
400
Large farm with salaried workers.
What is a state farm?
400
In order to increase output, Stalin imposed these on heavy industry.
What are high quotas?
500
Communist party official assigned to the army to teach party principles and ensure party loyalty.
What is a commissar?
500
Secret police force organized by the Communists.
What is Cheka?
500
Rivals of the Red Army.
What is the White Army (Whites)?
500
Group that gained considerable rights following the Russian Revolution.
Who are women?
500
Symbols on the flag of the USSR.
What are a hammer and sickle?
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