| A | B |
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| Trotsky | Stalin's main rival for power after Lenin's death |
| Russian Revolution | Began in 1917 when the Bolsheviks gained control of Petrograd |
| New Economic Policy | A small-scale version of capitalism implemented by Lenin |
| Brest-Litovsk | Treaty signed by Russia and Germany in 1918 |
| Bolsheviks | A group of revolutionary Russian Marxists who took control of Russia's government in November 1917 |
| Soviets | Local councils consisting of workers, peasants, and soldiers |
| Socialism | An economic system in which the factorsof production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all |
| Capitalism | An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in private business in order to make a profit |
| kulak | A member of a class of wealthy Russian peasants |
| Moscow | The new capital of the USSR |
| Petrograd | The former capital of Russia |
| Lenin | Revered as the "Father of the Revolution" |
| Stalin | He changed his name to a word that meant "man of steel" in Russian |
| communism | An economic system in which all means of production are owned by the people and all goods and services shared equally |
| totalitarianism | Government control over every aspect of provate and public life |
| command economy | An economic system in which the government makes all economic decisions |
| Great Purge | A campaign of terror that took place in the Soviet Union during the 1930s, led by Stalin to eliminate his enemies |
| collective farms | A large government controlled farm formed by combining many small farms |
