Command economy - a command economy is a government official made all basic economic decisions. The Soviet Union developed this command economy to achieve this economic growth.
Collective - a collective is large farms owned and operated by peasants as a group. Stalin forced peasants to give up their private plots and live on state-owned farms or other tings like that because Stalin did not want peasants to be big and powerful.
Kulak - Kulaks are wealthy peasants during the Russian Revolution. The government confiscated Kulak�s land and sent them to labor camps because no one wants peasants to become powerful enough to rebel.
Totalitarian state - Karl Marx turned the government into a totalitarian state. In this form of government, a one-party dictatorship attempts to regulate every aspect of the lives of its citizens.
Socialist realism - Joseph Stalin forced artists and writers to conform to his stage. Its goal was to boost socialism by showing soviet life in a positive light. Artist and writers could criticize the bourgeois past or even, to a limited degree point out mistakes under communism.
Lenin - Vladimir Lenin was born in 1879. When he was 17 years old, his older brother was arrested and hanged for plotting to kill Alex III. He read Karl Mark�s book and spread the ideas, which lead him to get arrested. After release, they had to work in labor in the country they were exiled to, which was Switzerland.
Osip Mandelstam - Under Stalin�s power, writers, poets, and artists were persecuted. Sip Mandelstam was a Jewish poet; therefore, he was imprisoned, tortured like crazy, and exiled for composing a satirical verse about Stalin.
Nicholas II - Nicholas II was the one who abdicated the throne during the Russian Revolution. His whole family, however, was executed because of his faults while he was in power of the country.
Gregory Rasputin - This very evil man was considered to be the unholy man. He was considered unholy so he was murdered. He did not bathe; therefore, he smelt. This showed the signs of not being nice and normal.
Joseph Stalin - Stalin was born to a poor family in Georgia, a region in the Caucasus Mountains. Stalin means �man of steel.� He organized robberies to get money for the party and spent time in prison and in Siberian exile.
Stalin's 5 Year Plan - In 1928, Stalin proposed the first of several� five year plans� which aimed at building heavy industry, improving transportation, and increasing farm output. To achieve this, he brought all economic activity under government control.
Socialist realism - Joseph Stalin forced artists and writers to conform to his stage. Its goal was to boost socialism by showing soviet life in a positive light. Artist and writers could criticize the bourgeois past or even, to a limited degree point out mistakes under communism.
Totalitarian state - Karl Marx turned the government into this totalitarian state. In this form of government, a one-party dictatorship attempts to regulate every aspect of the lives of its citizens.
Anna Akhmatova - Akhmatova is one of Russia�s greatest poets, who fell out of favor because her poetry did not stress communist ideas. She went on writing poetry in secret because this is simply what she wanted to do. She could not publish her works but her friends would memorize them to help her spread them to future generations.
V.I. Lenin - Vladimir Lenin was born in 1879. When he was 17 years old, his older brother was arrested and hanged for plotting to kill Alex III. He read Karl Mark�s book and spread the ideas, which lead him to get arrested. After release, they had to work in labor in the country they were exiled to, which was Switzerland.
Mikhail Sholokhov - He was a great Russian writer and described the civil war in his novel. In this book, he wrote about the Red Army officer and how he feels about executing Cossacks, which were peasants in the czar�s cavalry.
Joseph Stalin - He played a far less important role in the revolution and civil war than Trotsky, but he became the general secretary of the party. During this time, he used his position to build a loyal following who owed their jobs to him.
Leon Trotsky - He assisted Lenin and he was a Marxist revolutionary. Trotsky turned the Red Army into an effective fighting force under the close watch of Communist officials. His passionate speeches made the soldiers want to fight.
Socialist revolution - The classless society did not happen. Members of the Communist party made up a new upper class. The Communists offered free schooling and health care, and new laws gave women training and jobs.
Bolshevik Revolution - Lenin wanted to plan a "Bolshevik take over". The Bolsheviks gave them a new name, which was the communist party.
Lenin's New Economic Policy - Late in 1921, Lenin launched the NEP (New Economic Plan). It called for a compromise with capitalism. Farmers could sell their surplus instead of having it taken by the government.
Stalin - When Stalin died in 1953, the Soviet Union had become a modern military and industrial power. However, it had gained that power through a strict program of censorship, propaganda, and fear.
Stalin's 5 Year Plan - In 1928, Stalin proposed the first of several� five year plans� which aimed at building heavy industry, improving transportation, and increasing farm output. To achieve this, he brought all economic activity under government control.
The arts under Stalin - He forced artists and writers to conform to his stage. Its goal was to boost socialism by showing soviet life in a positive light. Artist and writers could criticize the bourgeois past or even, to a limited degree point out mistakes under communism.
List three causes of the 1917 revolution in Russia - The revolution was the culmination of a long period of repression and unrest. The World War I was also another cause of the Russian Revolution. Another cause was the unfair rights of individuals.