| A | B |
|---|
| Russian Marxist Social Democratic Labour Party in the early 1900s | Bolsheviks |
| Elites make decisions | Democratic Centralism |
| Russian development vs. Western development | Slavophile vs. Westernizer |
| Ruled Soviet Union during Cold War (Cuban Missile Crisis) | Khrushchev |
| Standing administrative body of a Communist Party | Central Committee |
| the executive committee for a Communist Party | Politburo |
| Oversaw Soviet Union until dissolution in 1991 | Gorbachev |
| increased openness and transparency in governmental institutions | Glasnost |
| restructuring of Soviet political system | Perestroika |
| First president of Russian Federation after collapse of Soviet Union | Yeltsin |
| power that rests with a small number of people | Oligarchs |
| Lower house of federal assembly | State Duma |
| Upper house of Federal Assembly | Federation Council |
