Unit 2 Chapter 5
autocratic
an elite ruler (monarchy, czar, emporer)
totalitarian
any political system where the state controls everything
communism
a political / economic society that advocates for a classless society and public ownership and production
radical
overthrows political systems, revolutionary (left wing)
reactionary
a return to past state / society violently
czar
autocratic ruler of Russia before 1917
World War 1
sets up the conditions for socialism to gain power
Lenin
leader of the bolshevik revolution and first leader of USSR
emancipation
freeing Russian peasents (thinking more individualistic)
serf
Russian peasants (anyone under the czar)
duma
a republic of elected officials in Russia before the bolshevik revolution
dissidents
someone who is actively fighting against the government
Russian Revolution
when bolsheviks overthrow the czar in 1917
Bolsheviks
anti-monarchy political party that overthrows the czar ( revolutionary marxists)
USSR
union of soviet social republics
war communism
when industry changed production to prepare for war
dictatorship of the proletariat
breif period of working class control (marxist)
New Economic Policy
a policy made by lenin allowing some selective private enterprises (capitalism) in order to stimulate the economy
Stalin
totalitarian leader of the soviet union and communist party
5 year plans
(a policy made by stalin also called Gosplan) Plans to rapidly industrialize the societ union
collectivization
all small farms merged into one big farm and run by the state
kulaks
wealthier peasants that resisted collectivization (rebelled the revolution)
ukraine famine
man made famine caused by Stalin that caused genocide (2-7 million deaths) he did this as there were talks of uprisings
great purge (great terror)
from 1936 - 1938 campaign of killing dissidents (repressing ideas)
gulags
labour / war camps
propaganda
exaggerated and misinterpreted social information used to brainwash the public
indoctrination
teaching people to believe your beliefs and not question them (hitler youth)
weimar republic
the government in between WW1 and WW2 in germany
reichstag
a building where the parliment gathered in Germany
treaty of versailles
ended WW1 and laid heavy consequences on Germany (restricted military, no anschluss, ect.)
anschluss
anexation of Austria
aryan race
psuedo science of Hitler's superior pureblood race