Russia Key Words

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Define the word Autocracy ?
A rule by one person who had no limits to his power.
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Define the word Blockade ?
Preventing goods from entering a country.
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Define the word Bureaucratic Centralism ?
The government controlled from the centre; this includes the central appointment of district officers and other party officials.
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Define the word Bureaucracy ?
The state's administrative officials.
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Define the word Cheka ?
Secret police force established in 1917.
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Define the word Collective Farming ?
Farming which combined a number of farms to create 1 unit which worked under state supervision.
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Define the word Comintern ?
To promote the spread of Marxism and a proletarian revolution from Russia to the World.
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Define the word Constitution ?
A set of laws by which a country is governed.
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Define the word Constitutional Monarchy ?
A form of democratic government in which a monarch acts at the head of state within the boundaries of a constitution giving real power to a representative assembly.
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Define the word Consumer Goods ?
Products such as clothing's and furnishings which are wanted by the people.
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Define the word Cossacks ?
People of Ukraine and southern Russia noted for their horsemanship and military skill, loyal to the Tsar.
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Define the word Dictatorship ?
A form of government in which absolute power is exercised by a single person or small clique.
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Define the term Divine Right ?
A ruling monarch appointed by god and answerable to god only.
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Define the term former people ?
The old Noble and the Bourgeois elites who lost their social status after the revolution in 1917.
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Define the Gosplan ?
Its the state general planning commission which from 1921 helped coordinate
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Define the word Russification ?
The diversity of Russia's population.
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Define the word Bourgeoisie ?
The middle class who have the means to make money e.g. factory owners
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Define the word Proletariat ?
The Urban factory working class.
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Define the word Blockade ?

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Define the word Bureaucracy ?

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Define the word Cheka ?

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