Definitions
rumpled, mussed, hanging in disorder
What is disheveled
defender, champion, interpreter
What is exponent
glum, morose, depressed
What is blithe
immature and overconfident; conceited
What is sophomoric
In 1905, peasants went to the tsar's Winter Palace asking for help and were gunned down. This event, which sparked the Russian revolution, was called _________________ _______________.
What is Bloody Sunday
incapable of being overcome
What is insuperable
given to much talking, tediously chatty (e.g. Noah)
What is garrulous
repel, turn off; repellent
What is allure
stingy, miserly; poor, small
What is parsimonious
Before becoming the Communist Party, the majority of these Social Democrats were called the ___________________.
What is the Bolshevik Party
a repayment; a deserved punishment
What is retribution
twisting, serpentine, supple
What is sinuous
agreeable, amicable, affable
What is contentious
to see clearly, recognize; perceive, detect, distinguish
What is discern
The Bolshevik Party set up this program that allowed peasants to pay a percentage of their crops as taxes and sell the rest on the open market. This entity was the __________ ______________ _______________.
What is the New Economic Program
to affirm openly; to state belief in; to claim, pretend
What is profess
awry, lopsided; twisted
What is askew
tinny, reedy, harsh, grating
What is sonorous
an accomplishment, the act of achieving; fulfillment
What is attainment
This event occurred during Stalin's reign between 1934-1938 where a tidal wave of arrests swept the Communist Party and the country...one million people were executed outright, approximately seven million were sent to labor camps- in total, millions died as a result. This event was called the ____________ ______________.
What is The Great Purge
to accept without protest; to agree or submit
What is acquiesce
forefront, trailblazer; leader
What is vanguard
elated, cheerful, blithe, self-satisfied
What is crestfallen
plowed but not seeded; inactive; unproductive; dormant
What is fallow
Russian Marxists were also referred to as ______________ ________________. They began to organize small groups that later became the national party in 1903, when it split and became the Mensheviks and Bolsheviks.
Who are the Social Democrats