A production plan set out by the government detailing goals to be met within a certain time period
What is Five Year Plan
100
This refers to the uneven balance of power between states although all posses the same constitutional status
What is Asymmetrical Federalism
100
He was the last leader of the Soviet Union before it dissolved and advocated for Glasnost and Perestroika
Who is Gorbachev
100
They have reformed themselves after the dissipation of the Soviet Union and now advocate for socialism
What is Communist Party
100
This is a policy introduced by Gorbachev emphasizing decentralization of economic decision-making and reduction of international isolation
What is Perestroika
200
The process of moving production from independent operators to government owned facilities
What is Collectivization
200
The legal principle that written law should govern the nation and should apply equally to all it’s citizens
What is Rule of Law
200
He is still known as a major Russian oligarch, as he bought many oil fields during privatization. However he wasb accused of fraud (without due process) by Putin and is now exiled from Russia
Who is Khodorkovsky
200
This party is backed by Putin and has a solely nationalist platform
What is United Russia Party (Unity)
300
This policy was instituted by Gorbachev, and aimed to increase government transparency
What is Glasnost
300
A communist revolutionary with theories based in Marxism, he served as head of government and replaced the Russian Empire with the Soviet Union
Who is Lenin
300
This party is compromised of intellectuals who advocate a slow economic approach
What is Yabloko
300
This is a small group of powerful individuals who gained ownership of important sectors of Russia’s economy
What is Oligarchs
400
This refers to the rapid drive from a centrally planned economy to a free market economy
What is Shock Therapy
400
An electoral system where percentages of votes for a party corresponds to an equal number of seats in a legislative body
What is Proportional Representation
400
He is the current president of Russia, and is a charismatic, albeit controversial, leader
Who is Putin
400
This party is known as the non-Leninist wing of the Russian Social Democratic Workers’ Party, opposed to the Bolsheviks and defeated by them after the overthrow of the tsar in 1917
What is Mensheviks
400
This political party is led by the charismatic Vladimir Zhirinovsky, and is an extremely right leaning group that opposes both communism and capitalism
What is Liberal Democrats
500
These slips of paper were granted to Russian citizens in an attempt to get them to buy formerly state owned companies
What is Privatization Voucher
500
This refers to the method by which workers and managers of formerly state owned enterprises to acquire shares in their company
What is Insider Privatization
500
He took over after Lenin and introduced a command economy, launching an industrial revolution for the USSR. He participated in the Bolshevik revolution
Who is Stalin
500
This party was established to claim Communist leadership of the world socialist movement. The delegates to the first congress were mainly Russians, with some members of left-wing socialist splinter groups
What is Comintern
500
This Russian politician is an anti-Semitic Jewish leader who has advocated for the bombing of Japan as well as Chinese and Japanese deportation from Russia