| A | B |
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| Soviets | local representative councils formed in Russia after the downfall of czar |
| Vladimir Lenin | Bolshevik leader, took over Soviet government after WWI: great speaker, communist revolutionary: NEP |
| Bolsheviks | group of revolutionary Russians who took control after Czar; "Bread, land, peace" |
| New Economic Policy | Lenin's economic policy, tryin to help small business |
| Joseph Stalin | Soviet leader after Lenin, ruled with an iron fist, 5 year plan, ruled through WWII |
| Great Purge | a campaign of terror during the 1930s under Stalin, anyone who threated Stalin's power was eliminated, Siberia anyone? |
| Totalitarian State | a political system where the state under the control of a single political person |
| Command Economy | an economic system where the government makes all the economic decisions |
| 5 year plan | Stalin's economic plan to modernize Russia into an economic power |
| Collectives | large farms run by government, kulaks |
| communisim | in pure form a classless society where everyone is equal, Marxist government |
| Czar | leader of Russia |
| NEP (New Economic Policy) | Lenin's economic policy |
| Propaganda | form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position |
| Coerce | to "Force"; create fear |
| Espionage | spying |
| Dissent | to disagree with, hold a different opinion, can mean against the Government |
