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Members of the ultranationalist, right-wing populist Russian political party founded in 1991 by Vladimir Zhirinovsky.
What is Liberal Democrats?
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The national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 to 1991.
What is the Checka or KGB?
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Ruler of Russia before the revolution of 1917 when Russia was an autocratic system.
What is a tsar?
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Refers to the space occupied by voluntary associations outside the state (professional associations, trade unions, religious bodies, etc.)
What is civil society?
100
One of the reforms made by Gorbachev in an effort to integrate the Soviet Union to the global economy.
What is New Thinking?
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Derived from the Russian word for "minority," this is the term for those who followed Julius Martov upon the split of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party.
What are Mensheviks?
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Organized crime syndicates in Russia involved in illegal oil trade, human trafficking, drug trafficking, smuggling of weapons and nuclear material and money laundering.
What is the mafia?
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Wealthy individuals who had benefited from the privatization process and who often held significant political influence as well.
What are oligarchs?
200
This is what Yeltsin brought to the office of president and Gorbachev did not, since Gorbachev appointed himself president and Yeltsin won the presidency by election.
What is legitimacy?
200
Succeeded Krushchev and reintroduced Stalin's policies.
Who is Brezhnev?
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A liberal, centrist political party that once had the backing of President Yeltsin. Also known as the party of the Oligarchs. It's platform promoted "freedom, property, and legality".
What is Our home is Russia?
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In 1991, this was attempted by a coalition of conservatives wanting to remove the USSR’s Communist Party leader, and allowed Boris Yeltsin to climb the leadership ladder.
What is the Coup against Gorbachev?
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The head of the state of Russia.
What is the president?
300
Concentrated campaigns of forced expulsions from the Party, typically followed by arrest, imprisonment, or execution.
What are purges?
300
The organization approves the nomination of federal judges.
What is the Federal Council?
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The dominant political party of Russia.
What is United Russia Party?
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This organization, also known as Communist International or, the Third International, was founded in 1919 to allow the Soviet Union to export its Communist policies and practices, and to overthrow “capitalist regimes” abroad.
What is comintern?
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These government officials are selected by the president and preside over regions.
What are governors?
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The basic legal principle stating that government decisions must conform to essential tenets of legality; Russia’s rampant corruption makes it hard for this to be upheld.
What is rule of law?
400
In exchange for political compliance, the population enjoyed job security, low prices for goods, housing and free social services (medical care, etc.) and minimal interference in personal life. this policy is known as...
What is the Tactic Social Contract?
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Members of this party are frequent outspoken critics of the current government. View Russia as on a slide towards authoritarianism.
What is the Yabloko?
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The lower legislative house, chosen through a proportional representation electoral system.
What is the Duma?
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An interim government set up to fill the void caused by the fall of a large government.
What is a provisional government?
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Site of a catastrophic nuclear accident in 1986. Widely considered to be the worst nuclear accident in history.
What is Chernobyl?
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Succeeded Stalin and introduced a policy of de-Stalinization.
Who is Krushchev?
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